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| Anything that binds to a receptor |
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| A drug that produces the same effect as a neurotransmitter |
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| A drug that produces the opposite effects as a neurotransmitter |
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| Activation opens up an ion channel |
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| Activations causes intercellular events that can secondarily open ion channels |
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| Amino Acid Neurotransmitter |
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| Biogenic Amine Neurotransmitter |
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| Monoamine Neurotransmitter |
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| Catecholamine Neurotransmitter |
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| Dopamine and Norepinephrine |
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| A receptors ionotropic; B receptors metabotropic; many binding sites |
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| Ionotropic and metabotropic receptors, NMDA and AMPA |
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| Primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain; regulation of muscle tone; deficiency can cause epilepsy |
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| Primary excitatory neurotransmitter found in the brain and body; involved in learning and schizophrenia |
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| Ionotropic nicotinic (nAchR) receptors in the PNS; metabotropic muscarinic (mAchR) receptors in the CNS (basal forebrain) |
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| Nicotonic Receptors Function |
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| Excitatory; found in lungs, heart, skeletal muscle |
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| Muscararinic Receptors Function |
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| Excitatory and inhibitory depending on location; involved in learning and alzheimer's |
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| Metabotropic; alpha and beta receptors |
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| Excitatory; crucial in PNS; key role in arousal and depression |
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| Metabotropic, D1 and D5 excitatory; D2, D3, D4 inhibitory |
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| nigrostriatal, mesolimbic, mesocortical |
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| involved with the production of movement and Parkinson's disease |
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| Primary player in addictions, expectation, and reward |
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| Important for normal cognitive function, motivation and emotional response; involved with schizophrenia |
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| Ionotropic and metabotropic; 14 receptor types; projections in the raphe nuclei in brainstem, hypothalamus, spinal cord, cortex, and temporal lobe |
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| Inhibitory; involved in mood, sleep, arousal, aggression, depression, OCD, and alcoholism |
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| Metabotropic; delta, kappa, mu |
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| Inhibitory; endorphins; low dose causes sedation and numbing; high dose causes euphoria and elation |
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