Neurotransmitters

Which neurotransmitter inhibits brain activity?

• Acetylcholine
• GABA
• Endorphins
• Dopamine

Too much of this neurotransmitter can cause severe muscle spasms and even death

• Serotonin
• Endorphins
• Acetylcholine
• GABA

Loss of Dopamine-producing neurons is a cause of:

• paralysis
• Parkinson's
• anxiety
• Alzheimer's

Prozac works to combat depression by keeping this neurotransmitter in the synapse longer:

• Serotonin
• Acetylcholine
• GABA
• Endorphins

What is a neurotransmitter?

• fatty covering of the axon
• nerve cell within the brain

• chemical messenger of the nervous system

• chemical messenger of the endocrine system

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps regulate:

• learning and memory
• pain and pleasure
• muscle movements
• sleep, moods/emotions

The tiny gap between neurons where nerve impulses are sent from one neuron to another.

• synapse

• axon terminal

• impulse

• myelin

_______ is primarily an inhibitory transmitter

• GABA

• Serotonin

• Norepinephrine

• Dopamine

Anti-psychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia reduce the effects of ____________

• Serotonin

• Dopamine

• GABA

• Acetylcholine

Which neurotransmitter is mostly responsible for alertness and arousal?

• Adrenaline/Epinephrine

• Serotonin
• Dopamine
• GABA