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15 Cards in this Set
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What does hemocholium do?
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blocks CHT (choline transporter)
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What does Vesamicol do?
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blocks VAT (vesicular Acetylcholine transferase
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What does botulinum do?
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cleaves SNARE & SNAP proteins preventing acetylcholine vesicles to be released!
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Which enzyme responsible for making acetylcholine?
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ChAT (Choline acetyal transferase)
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What is the enzyme that makes DOPA?
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tyrosine hydrolase
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Where is Norepinephrine (NE) made?
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inside the vesicle
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What does Reserpine do?
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it blocks VMAT on the membrane of the vesicle
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What does Metyrosine do?
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It blocks tyrosine hydroxylase
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What does cocaine, tricyclic antidepressants have in common? (in term of of acting this protein on the membrane fo a presynaptic vesicle)
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it blocks NET
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What do bretylium and guanethidine do?
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they block the releases of adrenergic vesicles
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Both acetylcholine & adrenergic vesicles are stored with ATP. T/F
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True
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What do amphetamines & tyramine do to the release of adrenergic vesicles?
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They increase the release
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Wthich compound is measured in urine to estimate the amount of catecholamine metabolism?
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3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-mandelic acid - vanillylmandelic acid, for short (VMA)
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Receptors regulating the synthesis and/or the release of mediators other than its own ligand are called what?
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heteroreceptors
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What are trophotropic and ergotropic?
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mechanisms and the functional status of the nervous system that favor the organism's capacity to conserve and expend energy - referring to parasympathetic & sympathetic, respectively
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