Exam 3: Autonomic Pharmacology and Stress

Allostatic load results from chronic or persistent stress.

Matching Question: -The transmitter for post-ganglionic neurons in the sympathetic nervous system.

Matching Question: -The transmitter used at nicotinic receptors.

Matching Question: -The transmitter used by motor neurons.

Exercise increases adrenal activity and makes stress worse-it should be avoided.

The primary hormone released by the adrenal medulla, which can also have neurotransmitter activity, is referred to as which of the following?

How is the parasympathetic nervous system characterized?

Matching Question: -The transmitter used in ganglions of the parasympathetic nervous system.

Matching Question: -The transmitter released from the adrenal medulla.

When an autonomic nerve fiber is severed, the target organ can often maintain some type of spontaneous activity

Neurotransmitters released from the presynaptic cell stimulate the post-synaptic cell to propagate the signal.

Beta-1 receptors dominate in the heart and beta-2 receptors dominate in the lungs.

Matching Question: -The transmitter used in ganglions of the sympathetic nervous system.

Highly trained individuals have marked increase in cortisol levels following a stressful event compared to untrained subjects.

What is the name of the site where two neurons communicate?

Matching Question: -The transmitter used at muscarinic receptors.

How is the sympathetic nervous system characterized?

During recovery from a bout of intense or prolonged exercise, cortisol released from the adrenal cortex helps reduce inflammation in skeletal muscles.

Beta-1 and beta-2 receptors are evenly distributed throughout the body.

Following intense exercise, the level of pain suppressing chemicals related to morphine and cannabinoids increases.