NEUROTRANSMITTERS INHIBITORY

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NEUROTRANSMITTERSINHIBITORY

• DOPAMINE
• INHIBITS WIDE RANGE OF BEHAVIORS . INVOLVED WITH
  EMOTIONS INCLUDING PLEASURE... TOO MUCH CAUSES
  SCHIZOPHRENIA TOO LITTLE LEADS TO PARKINSONS
  DISEASE. ALSO INVOLVED (SPECUTIVLY) IN ADHD

• SEROTONIN
• IMPORTANT FOR SLEEP, MOOD, EATING BEHAVIOR.
  INVOLVED IN DEPRESSION
• INPORTANT IN MELOTONIN SECRETION IN SLEEP WAKE
  CYCLE

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• Location
• Brain
• Effect
• Inhibitory or excitatory
• Function
• Muscle disorders, mental disorders, Parkinsons
  disease

Dopamine
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• Location
• Brain, spinal cord
• Effect
• Inhibitory
• Function
• Sleeping, eating, mood, pain, depression

Serotonin
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• Location
• Brain, spinal cord
• Effect
• Main inhibitory neurotransmitter
• Function
• Eating, aggression, sleeping

Gamma-amino butyric acid (GABBA)
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NEUROTRANSMITTERSEXCITATORY

• ACETYLCHOLINE
• AFFECTS AROUSAL, ATTENTION, MEMORY, MOTIVATION,
  MOVEMENT.
• TOO MUCH- SPASAMS TREMORS
• TOO LITTLE - PARALYSIS, TORPOR

• NOREPINEPHRINE
• (noradrenalin)
• AFFECTS, AROUSAL, WAKEFULNESS, LEARNING, MEMORY,
  MOOD

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• Location
• Brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system,
  especially some organs of the parasympathetic
  nervous system
• Effect
• Excitatory in brain and autonomic nervous system
  inhibitory elsewhere
• Function
• Muscle movement cognitive functioning

Acetylcholine (ACh)
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• Location
• Brain, spinal cord
• Effect
• Excitatory
• Function
• Memory

Glutamate
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• Location
• Throughout the nervous system
• Effect
• Excitatory
• Function
• Memory

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
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NEUROTRANSMITTERSENDOGENOUS MORPHINES

• ENDORPHINS
• INHIBITS PAIN TRANSMISSION
• LONG TERM
• SUBSTANCE P
• CAUSES PAIN

• ENKEPHALINS
• INHIBITS PAIN TRANSMISSI0N
• SHORT TERM

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• Location
• Brain, spinal cord
• Effect
• Primarily inhibitory, except in hippocampus
• Function
• Pain suppression, pleasurable feelings,
  appetites, placebos

Endorphins