AP psych cell neurons

Question 1

acetylcholine

Answer 1

enables muscle action, learning, and memory. with Alzheimers disease neurons deteriorate

Question 2

dopamine

Answer 2

influences movement, attention, learning, and emotion.
oversupply: schizophrenia
undersupply: tremors, decreased mobility in Parkinsons disease

Question 3

serotonin

Answer 3

affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
undersupply: depression, antidepressants can raise serotonin levels

Question 4

norepinephrine

Answer 4

helps control alertness and arousal
undersupply: depresses mood

Question 5

G.A.B.A.
gamma aminobutyrie acid

Answer 5

a major inhibitory neurotransmitter, linked to seizures, tremors, insomnia

Question 6

glutamate

Answer 6

a major excitatory neurotransmitter involved in memory, why people tend to avoid MSG

Question 7

endorphin

Answer 7

good feeling you feel

Question 8

agonist

Answer 8

exciting neuron firing

Question 9

antagonist

Answer 9

inhibiting neuron firing

Question 10

an important part of myline sheath

Answer 10

multiple sclerosis can deteriorate the myline sheath

Question 11

neurons

Answer 11

the basic unit in the nervous system, the building blocks of behavior

Question 12

sensory (afferent) neurons

Answer 12

carrying information from the sense organs to the central nervous system

Question 13

motor (efferent) neurons

Answer 13

carrying information from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands

Question 14

neurotransmission

Answer 14

messages between neurons are sent

Question 15

a neurotransmitter

Answer 15

allowing impulses to be passed from one cell to the next throughout the nervous system.

Question 16

gilial cells

Answer 16

protect, support, and nourish neurons