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Acetylcholine
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First NT
In brain and body Sympathetic and Parasympathetic symptoms Too little=paralysis Too much=death |
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Catecholamines
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Norepinephrine
Epinephrine Dopamine |
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Dopamine
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Pleasure centers
Movement--parkinsonian if too little Inv in schizophrenia |
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Norepinephrine
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Feel good NT
In CNS an PNS |
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Epinephrine
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Stress hormone
Adrenaline |
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Serotonin
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Sleep, Nausea, migraine
Lack of it = irritability |
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Most common NTs
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Gaba
Glutamate Amino acids |
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Gaba
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Calming
Inhibitory |
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Glutamate
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excitation
related to schizophrenia |
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Neuronal apoptosis
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Suicide--shrivels and dies of natural causes/lack of use
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Neuronal necrosis
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Cell dies,
TMI Glutamate explodes all over and kills nearby cells |
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Feed back loop of neuron
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Dendrites float up and stimulate their own neuron
SSRI decreasing effectiveness may be because of this |
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Up regulation
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Soma Tells axon to produce more NTs and synapse
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Kinds of receptors
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G-protein
Ion gated |
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Agonist
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Going full blast
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Silent antagonis
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maintenance
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Inverse agonist
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blocked, stopped
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G-protein receptors
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7 threads hold it together
Receptor changes shape Binds to enzyme Releases 2nd messenger |
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Ion gated receptors
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Charged--calcium
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PIT upregulation
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Pit is developed and receptors are created within it.
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