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Psychoactive Drug |
Drugs that produce a noticeable change in mood or perception.
Substance that causes alteration in emotion and understanding. |
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Affinity |
The strength of attraction that a neurotransmitter has for a particular type of receptor.
A neurotransmitter ability to draw attention to a receptor. |
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Efficacy |
The capacity to produce a desired effect with a drug or treatment.
The use of a substance to impact a wanted outcome. |
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Excitotoxicity |
An effect on cells that result in damage or death due to over excitation of the cell.
The process in which a cell is over stimulated resulting in the fatality of the cell. |
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Cortisol |
The stress hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex in primates.
The physical or mental pressure hormone in monkeys. |
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Oxytocin |
A posterior pituitary neuropeptide involved in complementary activities such as bonding, sexual behavior, and childbirth.
The love chemical. |
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Neurotoxicity |
Neural damage due to some threat presented to the nervous tissue such as toxins, low oxygen, and decreased glucose.
Nerve affliction as a result of a hazard bestowed to nervous tissue. |
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Neuropeptide |
Proteins that are released by neurons and act as intercellular messengers.
Like elements as tiny-molecules neurotransmitter.
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Neurohormone |
Brain substance that act like hormones and are released by neurons into the circulatory system.
Brain element that resembles hormone like function. |
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Neuromodulator |
A substance that modifies or regulates the effect of a neurotransmitter.
A element that alters the impact of a neurotransmitter. |
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Acetylcholine |
Neurotransmitter in somatic and parasympathetic nervous system involved in cognition and a t the neuromuscular junction.
Neurotransmitter associated with thinking and sensory function. |
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Agonist |
A drug that mimics the endogenous action of the targeted neurotransmitter.
A substance that resembles endogenous participation of a focal neurotransmitter. |
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Antagonist |
A drug that blocks the action of an endogenous neurotransmitter.
A substance that enables participation of a particular neurotransmitter. |
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Catecholamines |
A group of 3 different amine neurotransmitters that containcatechol.
Various amine neurotransmitters that consist of containcatechol. |
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Dopamine (DA) |
The resulting neurotransmitter when dopa reacts with enzyme dopa decarboxylase.
Neurotransmitter that functions movement and hormone control. |
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Norepinephrine |
An amine neurotransmitter that contains tyrosine hydroxylase, dopa decarboxylase, and the enzyme dopamine.
A neurotransmitter that plays a role in CNS sensory processing as well as other function. |
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Epinephrine |
One of the 3 catecholamine neurotransmitters.
Epi is also known as adrenaline. |
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Reuptake |
The return of spent neurotransmitter from the synapse to the presynaptic neuron by means of specialized receptors.
Reabsorption of a neurochemical that triggers a receptor to enter the cell that produced it. |
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Serotonin |
A major neurotransmitter involved in mood, aggression, and appetite regulation.
Neurotransmitter associated in the functioning of emotions, hunger, and hostility. |
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Tryptophan |
The amino acid in which the neurotransmitter is derived. The availability of tryptophan in the extracellular fluid of neurons regulates the synthesis of serotonin.
Tryptophan comes from a synthesis process.
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Glutamate (Glu) |
A principal excitatory neurotransmitter that regulates cortical and subcortical functions.
Glu is known as the inspired action in the CNS and PNS. |
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GABA |
An amino acid that acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS.
Key stopping action in the CNS. |
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Glycine (gly) |
An excitatory amino acid that mediates most CNS synapses along with glutamate and GABA.
Key stopping element of the spinal cord. |
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Pharmacokinetics |
The study of the action and reaction of and to drugs in the body.
The learning of the impact of drugs. |
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Arginine vasopressin |
A neuropeptide that is secreted by the posterior pituitary gland and by nerve endings in the hypothalamus. It affects learning functions and water resorption in mammals.
A neuropeptide produced by the back of the pituitary gland that impacts educational activity and h2o constriction in animals. |
