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Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Exam 1
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
09/22/2008

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Enzymes
Definition
Biologial catalysts, usually proteins, that determine which hemical reations take place in the body.
Term

cell body

 

what is its function?

Definition

soma

 

metabolism

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What is the function of a dendrite
Definition
receives info from other cells
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What is the function of an axon?
Definition
carries info away from cell to other cells
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Mitochondria
Definition
Power House of the cell.  Combines glucose and fatty acids with oxygen.  Some energy is lost as heat  and some gets trapped as ATP.
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nucleus
Definition
genetic info (DNA)
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axodendritic synapse
Definition
synapse on smooth dendrite or dendritic spine
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axosomatic synapse
Definition
synapse on soma (cell body)
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axoaxonic synapse
Definition
synapse on terminal button from another cell
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synaptic vesicle
Definition

Little spheres full of neurotransmitters that release their contents when they bind to the presynaptic membrane.

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SSRI
Definition
disable the transporter so serotonin doesn't get taken back up by the presynaptic membrane
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axon hillock
Definition
integrates excitatory postsynaptic potentials and inhibitory postsynaptic potntials and decides whether an action potential will be generated.
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Three ways to turn off synaptic transmission
Definition

1)Destruction of the neurotransmitter in the synaptic cleft (by enzymes)

2) Reuptake of the neurotransmitter by the presynaptic neuron.

3) autorecptors on the presynaptic membrane inhibit further nuotransmitter release

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agonists
Definition

chemicals that mimic the effects of a neurotransmitter

ex: tamoxathin blocks estrogen so that breast cancer cells cant grow

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antagonists
Definition
chemicals that block the effects of a nurotransmitter or hormone by bloking the binding site
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