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-First nuro transmitter found
-Found in all motor nurons |
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-involves movement attention and learning
-Dopamine imbalance also involved in
schizophrenia
-Loss of dopamine-producing neurons is
cause of Parkinson’s disease |
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-Involved in sleep
-Involved in depression |
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-Alertness and arousal
-As a hormone, “fight or flight” response
-Disorders: depression |
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-This is the most important inhibitory
neurotransmitter
-Inhibition of brain activity
-Huntington’s disease involves loss of
neurons in striatum that utilize GABA |
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-Too much glutamate (and too little
GABA) associated with epileptic seizures |
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-Control pain and pleasure
-Runner’s high—feeling of pleasure after a
long run is due to heavy endorphin release |
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