What is a Neurotransmitter?

Chemicals which transmit signals fron a neuron to another neuron across synapses.

Where are Neurotransmitters made?

In the cell body.

Where are nurotransmitters stored?

In the axon endings.

Where are Neurotransmitters produced?

They are produced by the Pituitary and Adreanal glands.

When was Acetylcholine discovered?

1921

What was the 1st Neurotransmitter discovered?

Acetylcholine.

Is Acetylcholine an excitatory or an inhibitory?

It is an excitatory.

Which Neurotransmitter stimulates muscles, particulary the digestive system, and plays a role in REM stage of sleep?

Acetylcholine.

People with altimers disease have lost what in their brains?

90% of their Acetylcholine.

What disease is characterized by memory loss and inibility to care for oneself?

Altimers disease.

How many people in the world have Altimers disease?

4 million people.

Is Norepinephrine an excitator or an inhibitory?

It is an excitatory.

What does Norepinephrine do?

It brings the nervous system into hight aleart, increases your heart rate, and blood pressure.

With what gland is Norepinephrine produced by?

The adrenal glands.

How is Norepinephrine relased into the body?

It is realsed into the blood stream.

What depleats Norepinephrine?

Stress.

What causes Norepinephrine to release?

Amphetamines.

Norepinephrine can cause what?

G.A.D. (generalized anxiety disorder).

What does Dopamine do?

It blocks neurons from firing.

What part of the brain is Dopamine associated with?

The reward center of the brain.

What are things that increases Dopamine?

1. Cocain

2. Opium

  3. Herowin

 4. Alcohal

  5. Nicotine

What disorder would one get if to much Dopamine is in the system?

Schizophrnia.

What disease would one get if they did not have enough Dopamine in their system?

Parkinsins Disease.

People with inbalances in both Dopamine and Norepinephrine tend to have what?

ADHD.

What does GABA stand for?

  Gama

   Amino
  Bytori

Acid

Is GABA an excititory or an inhibitory?

It is an inhibitory.

If one was to not have enough GABA in their system, then what most likley would result?

They would suffer from anxiety disorders.

What kind of drugs can help people with GABA deprivation?

Valium.

To much GABA in some parts of the brain causes what?

It causes epilepsy.

Is Glutemate an excititory or an inhibitory?

It is an excititory.

What is Seritonin involved in?

It is heavly involved in mood, emotion, and perseption.

Not enough Seritonin in your system can lead to what problems?

          Depression

                           Anger Control Problems

OCD

What is the most common Neurotransmitter in the centural nervous system?

Glutemate.

Glutemate plays a very important role in what?

Memory.

Which Neurotransmitter is toxic to neurons and excess can kill them?

Glutemate.

To much Glutemate can cause what?

Lou Ghrig's (ALS) disease.

What kind of drugs can help with Seritonin inbalences?

Prozac

Zoloft

Paxil

Is Endorphin an excititory or an inhibitory?

It is an inhibitory.

What are Endorphins involved in?

They are involved in pain reduction and pleasure as well as lowering your heartrate, matabolism, and respiration.

Which Neurotransmitter allows animals to hibernate?

Endorphin.

If you add drugs like Herowin, Morphine, or Opium with endorphins, what will happen?

You will slow the body down even more.

An excessive use of Herowin or Morphine cause a reduction in what?

The natural production of endorphines.

What is the main part of the neuron?

The cell body, better known as the Soma.

What are extraneous or interving variables?

Things other than the independant variables that make influence the dependant variables.

What is the Placebo Effect?

Their is a change because the subject thinkis their should be a change or vica versa.

What is the Hawthorn Effect?

When subjects behave differently because they know they are in a study.

What are longitudinal studys?

Researchers select a group of participants and then observe those participants over a period of time, often years or decades.

From where does the word Pychology come from?

Pychology comes from the Latin words "phyche" meaning the mind and "ology" meaning the study of.

Who created the method of introspecktion?

Socrates.

What is Introspection?

Looking within yourself to evaluate your thoughts and/or feelings.

Who coined the phras "Know thy self"?

Socrates.

Who wrote to book "Peri Phyches"?

Aristotle.