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15 Cards in this Set
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Which neurotransmitters are found in the brain and peripheral nervous system?
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Dopamine and norepinephrive
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which neurotransmitters play a role in schiophrenia?
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Dopamine
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which disease is caused by no dopamine?
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parkinson's disease
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What drug is used to treat Parkinson's?
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Levodopa
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How does dopmine regulate the endocrine system?
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It directs the hypothalamus to make hormones and tells the pituatory when to release these hormone
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How many circuits in the brain have dopamine prestent?
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3
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What do the 3 circuits of dopamine regulate?
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movement, cognition and emotion, and endocrine system
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What is korsakoff's syndrome?
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A cofnitive disorder associated with chromic alcoholism
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what 3 diseases occur because of deficiencies in norepinephrine?
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alzheimer's, parkinson and korsakoff's
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what transmitter plays a role in learning and memory?
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norepinephrine
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what neurotransmitter deals with mood, depression, and anxiety?
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serotonia
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what drug is used to alter serotonia action?
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Prozac
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What drug relieves symptons of depression and odsessive-compulsive disorder?
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Prozac
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What does OCD stand for?
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obsessive- compulsive disorder
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What are opiods?
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brain chemicals?
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