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Chemical Signaling by Neurotransmitters and Hormones Flashcards

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What are the three types of synaptic connections?

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  • Axodendritic
  • Axosomatic
  • Axoaxonic
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What are the most common synapses in the brain?

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Axodendritic

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What’s an axodendritic synapse?

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An axon terminal from the presynaptic neuron communicates with a dendrite of the postsynaptic cell

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What are axosomatic synapses?

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Synapses between a nerve terminal and a nerve cell body

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What are axoaxonic synapses?

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One axon synapses on the terminal of another axon

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Neuromuscular junction

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The connection point between a neuron and a muscle

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Neuromuscular junction

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The connection point between a neuron and a muscle

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What are some amino acids?

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  • Glutamate
  • GABA
  • Glycine
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What are some monoamines?

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  • Dopamine
  • Norepinephrine
  • Serotonin
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Dopamine is what kind of neurotransmitter?

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Monoamine

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Serotonin is what kind of neurotransmitter?

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Monoamine

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Norepinephrine is what kind of neurotransmitter?

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Monoamine

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GABA is what kind of neurotransmitter?

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Amino acid

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Glycine is what kind of neurotransmitter?

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Amino acid

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Glutamate is what kind of neurotransmitter?

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Amino acid

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What are some functions of amino acids?

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  • Serve as building blocks of proteins

- Metabolic things

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What is the largest group of “nonclassical” neurotransmitters?

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Neuropeptides

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Where are neurotransmitters manufactured?

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Anywhere in the cell (except for neuropeptides)

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What is the most recently discovered group of neurotransmitters?

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Gaseous transmitters

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Exocytosis

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A fusion of the vesicle membrane with the membrane of the axon terminal

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Active zones

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Specialized regions near the postsynaptic cell, which stain darkly on the electron micrograph

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What is required for exocytosis to take place?

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A vesicle must be transported to an active zone, and then “dock” to the active zone

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Vesicle recycling

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The continuous release and reformation of vesicles

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Neurotransmitter release is regulated by what different mechanisms?

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  • Rate of cell firing
  • Probability of transmitter release from the terminal
  • Presence of autoreceptors on axon terminals or cell bodies and dendrites
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What happens when a neuron is rapidly firing action potentials?
It will release much more transmitter
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What are the two different types of autoreceptors?
- Terminal autoreceptors | - Somatodendritic autoreceptors
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What is the main function of terminal autoreceptors?
To inhibit further transmitter release
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What is the main function of somatodendritic autoreceptors?
To slow the rate of cell firing
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What is the main function of somatodendritic autoreceptors?
To slow the rate of cell firing
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What are the ways of neurotransmitter inactivation?
- Enzymatic breakdown - Reuptake by the axon terminal - Uptake by nearby glial cells
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Reuptake
Transport out of the synaptic cleft by the same cell that released the transmitter
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What are the two types of neurotransmitter receptors?
- Metabotropic receptors | - Ionotropic receptors
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What is another name for ionotropic receptors?
Ligand-gated channel receptors
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Which type of neurotransmitter receptor goes through desensitization?
Ionotropic receptors
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Desensitization
The channel remains closed even though there may be ligand molecules bound to the receptor
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Once desensitization occurs, what must happen before the channel can be activated again?
It must resensitize
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What are the two major mechanisms by which all G proteins operate?
- By stimulating or inhibiting the opening of ion channels in the cell membrane - By stimulating or inhibiting certain enzymes in the cell membrane
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Protein kinases
Enzymes that phosphorylate a protein
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Phosphorylate
To catalyze the addition of one or more phosphate groups to the molecule
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What are the second-messenger systems?
- Cyclic AMP (cAMP) - Cyclic GMP (cGMP) - Phosphoinositide - Calcium (Ca2+)
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What is the associated protein kinase for cyclic AMP?
Protein kinase A (PKA)
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What is the associated protein kinase for cyclic GMP?
Protein kinase G (PKG)
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What is the associated protein kinase for phosphoinositide?
Protein kinase C (PKC)
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What is the associated protein kinase for calcium?
Calcium/calmodulin kinase (CaMK)
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Tyrosine kinase receptors
Receptors that mediate the action of neurotropic factors
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What are the three specific tyrosine kinase receptors that are used by neurotropic factors?
- trkA for NGF - trkB for BDNF and NT-4 - trkC for NT-3
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What are the two ways to reduce the inactivation of a neurotransmitter?
- By blocking the enzyme involved in its breakdown | - For neurotransmitters that use transporters for reuptake out of the synaptic cleft, by blocking those transporters
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Where are the adrenal glands located?
Over each kidney
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What is the inner part of the adrenal gland?
The adrenal medulla
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What are the cells of the adrenal medulla called?
Chromaffin cells
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What is the outer part of the adrenal gland?
The adrenal cortex
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What is one of the main functions of glucocorticoids?
To maintain normal blood glucose levels while helping to store excess glucose for future use
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What hormone is secreted by the adrenal cortex?
Glucocorticoids
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Where is the thyroid gland located?
In the throat
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Where is the pineal gland located?
Just over the brainstem
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Where is the pituitary gland located?
Just under the hypothalamus
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Describe step 1 in figure 3.5
Neurotransmitter is synthesized and then stored in vesicles
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Describe step 2 in figure 3.5
An action potential invades the presynaptic terminal
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Describe step 3 in figure 3.5
Depolarization of presynaptic terminal causes opening of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels
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Describe step 4 in figure 3.5
Influx of Ca2+ ions through channels
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Describe step 5 in figure 3.5
Ca2+ causes vesicles to fuse with presynaptic membrane
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Describe step 6 in figure 3.5
Neurotransmitter is released into synaptic cleft via exocytosis
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Describe step 7 in figure 3.5
Neurotransmitter binds to receptor molecules in postsynaptic membrane
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Describe step 8 in figure 3.5
Opening or closing of postsynaptic channels
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Describe step 9 in figure 3.5
Postsynaptic current causes excitatory or inhibitory postsynaptic potential that changes the excitability of the postsynaptic cell
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Describe step 10 in figure 3.5
Retrieval of vesicular membrane from plasma membrane

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