Exam 3: Drugs and the Nervous System

The hypothalamus is involved with the storage of memories.

The autonomic nervous system is composed of the sympathetic branch and the peripheral branch.

Explain the difference between agonist and antagonist functions of neurotransmitters.Give an example of each.

Monoamines are strongly associated with mood.

regulate the number of charged molecules inside and outside a neuron.

Neurotransmitters are stored in packages known as .

A compound that occupies and activates a receptor site is called an antagonist.

The mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway is the brain center involved with memory.

The space between neurons is the axon.

Most neurotransmitters bind to several different receptor subtypes.

Which of the following neurotransmitters is thought to modulate pain relief?

Which of the following makes "sense" of what we take in through our senses?

PET scan technology has limited clinical value because it can only focus on the brain's structural components.

The transmission of information at the synapse is .

are specialized molecules released by metabotropic receptors that may open ion channels and may initiate the synthesis of second messengers.

Describe the key components of a neuron.

LSD acts as an agonist for which of the following neurotransmitters?

Which of the following is most abundant in your brain?

New neurons continue to develop in the human brain even after a person reaches adulthood.

The myelin on a neuron acts as .