Exam 3: Drugs and the Nervous System

The site between neuron and muscle cells where chemical release causes muscle cells to contract is the ________________.

___________ receptors are sometimes termed "fast" receptors because the entire process is completed in just a few milliseconds.

Which of the following is used to treat Parkinson's disease?

The space between neurons is the __________.

If a drug resulted in the spontaneous firing of neurons in the occipital lobes of the cortex,the result would be __________.

Axons are frequently covered with a sheath known as __________.

A compound that occupies a receptor,but does not activate the neuron is known as a(n)__________.

The brain structure that controls primary drives like hunger and thirst is the __________.

Norepinephrine,dopamine,and serotonin are known collectively as __________.

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

Which of the following is not a monoamine?

The hypothalamus is involved with the storage of memories.

What neurotransmitter is primarily implicated in schizophrenia?

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

Which of the following neurotransmitters is mimicked by the active chemical in marijuana?

Neural firing is "all-or-none."

Which of the following is not one of the major divisions of the human brain?

Receptors that are coupled to ion channels that regulate the number of charged particles inside the neuron are called:

Magnetic resonance imagery is a method used to __________.

Which of the following is not a neurotransmitter?