neurons + neurotransmitters

Question 1

neurons

Answer 1

cells that transmit messages back and forth from CNS to parts of the body
- help the body to receive, interpret, and respond to information

Question 2

synaptic transmission

Answer 2

1. action potential reaches axon terminal
2. vesicles containing neurotransmitters are released
3. neurotransmitters diffuse across synapse to bind to receptors on postsynaptic membrane
4. action potential travels to postsynaptic neuron

Question 3

acetylcholine

Answer 3

thought, learning, memory, muscle action, attention, awakening

Question 4

norepinephrine

Answer 4

attention, responding, contracts blood vessels (increasing blood flow)

Question 5

serotonin

Answer 5

wellbeing, happiness, sleep cycle, digestive system regulation

Question 6

dopamine

Answer 6

inhabitation of unwanted movement, behaviour, motivation, pleasure

Question 7

epinephrine

Answer 7

increases heartrate, blood pressure, blood glucose levels, respiratory rate

Question 8

gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA)

Answer 8

inhibitory, calming, sedative

Question 9

glutamate

Answer 9

excitatory, found in amino acid

Question 10

neuroplasticity

Answer 10

the brain’s ability to change its structure and function in response to experience or damage

Question 11

neurogenesis

Answer 11

the forming of new neurons