Identifying Neurotransmitters

Question 1

This Neurotransmitter is released naturally while eating, during sex, and unnaturally as with drug addiction

Answer 1

Dopamine

Question 2

Low levels of this neurotransmitter is linked to depression. Antidepressants increases levels of this

Answer 2

Serotonin

Question 3

After a stroke, too much of this neurotransmitter is produced and the patient has problems with learning/memory

Answer 3

Glutamate

Question 4

This neurotransmitter helps increase blood flow, that way you could run faster

Answer 4

Norepinephrine

Question 5

An imbalance with this neurotransmitter is linked to muscular disorders and Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 5

Acetylcholine

Question 6

This neurotransmitter is responsible for “runners high” and has been called our bodies “natural pain killers’

Answer 6

Endorphins

Question 7

An imbalance of this neurotransmitter can cause anxiety and is linked to epilepsy

Answer 7

GABA (Gamma-aminobutyric acid)