Chapter 4 Flashcards
1
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Neurotransmitters
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A chemical messenger between neurons by which one neuron triggers another there are four major groups in the brain which are monoamines, amino acids, peptides in cholinergics examples acetylcholine.
2
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Dopamine
A monoamine neurotransmitter
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Determination Obsession Pleasure Ie: reward/motor/compulsive/cognition/motivation Frontal cortex.
3
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Serotonin
A monoamine neurotransmitter
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The happiness hormone.
Sleep
Emotion
Remember
Starts in the hypocampus and goes all over the brain
Mood/sleep/cognition/ memory
4
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Norepinephrine
A monoamine neurotransmitter
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No hesitation On Alert ReCall memory Brings blood back to brain heart vital organs. Cognitive alertness/your stress hormone SNS=increased BP PNS= turned off rest and digestion
