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What is clasp?
The Greek word for synapse.
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What is the excitatory or inhibitory response?
Two types of synaptic response induced by action potential.
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What is astrocyte?
This type of cell attaches to the chemical synaptic cleft.
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What are second messenger systems?
Activation of metabotropic neurotransmitter receptors cause activation of this in the target cell.
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What is entering the target cell?
The direction that the Cl- ion takes through ligand gated channels to affect target cell inhibition.
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What is fusion?
The action that causes vesicles to leak into the synaptic cleft.
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What are NA+, Ca2+, Cl-, and K+ ions?
Ligand gated ion channels are affected by these ionotropics.
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What is pre- and postsynaptic cell membranes?
The location of voltage gated Calcium channels.
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What is pain?
Endorphin polypeptide affects the perception of this.
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What is exiting the target cell into the synaptic cleft?
The direction that the K+ ion takes to affect target cell inhibition.
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What are 2 types of neurotransmitter receptors?
The ionotropic and metabotropic systems.
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What is NA+ and Ca2+ ions?
These 2 ions will cause excitation when entering a target cell.
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What is acetylcholine?
This neurotransmitter affects the peripheral and central nervous system.
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What is dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine?
The 3 catecholamine’s.
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What is attention, cognition, emotion?
Monoamine neurotransmitters influence 3 brain functions.
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What are the components of a neuron cell?
Dendrites, soma, axon, and axon terminals.
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What is Cl- and K+ ions?
These 2 ions will cause inhibition of a target cell.
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What are amino acids, peptides, monoamines, and other?
The 4 common neurotransmitter categories by molecular structure.
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What is GABA, glutamate and glycine?
The 3 amino acid groups that affect neurotransmitters.
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What is a peptide?
A large polymer that contains amino acids.
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What is action potential?
This affects the amount of neurotransmitter release into the synaptic cleft.
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What are second messenger systems?
Activation of metabotropic neurotransmitter receptors cause activation of this in the target cell.
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What is GABA, glutamate and glycine?
The 3 amino acid groups that affect neurotransmitters.
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What is GABA?
The most common inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitter.
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What are serotonin, histamine, dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine?
Name the 5 types of monoamine neurotransmitters.
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