BCS 240 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Glutamate Decarboxylase, Monoamine Oxidase, Pontine Nuclei
18 Oct 2018
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Inactivation mechanism acetylcholine small acetyl coa & choline choline acetyltransferase (chat) Pns basal forebrain tegmental dorsal pontine nuclei somatic ns sympathetic ns parasympathetic ns hippocampus learning and memory sleep-wake cycle skeletal muscle activity diffuse in brain neuromuscular junctions. rest/digest excitatory psp metabotropic ionotropic acetylcholinesterase (ache) degrades ach in the synapse before reuptake muscarinic ach receptor nicotinic ach receptor muscarinic ach receptor. Gaba small amino acid glutamate dopamine small catecholamine tyrosine glutamic acid decarboxylase (gad) tyrosine hydroxylase norepinephrine small catecholamine dopamine epinephrine small catecholamine norepinephrin e serotonin small indolamine tryptophan melatonin small indolamine serotonin histamine small histidine histidine decarboxylase. Cns substantia nigra (basal ganglia) ventral tegmental area (reticular formation) locus coeruleus sympathetic ns sympathetic ns. Raphe nuclei (reticular formation) striatum (basal ganglia) nucleus accumbens (basal forebrain) prefrontal cortex final stage synapses final stage synapses amygdala arcuate nucleus (hypothalamus) gastrointestinal tract tuberomamillary nucleus (hypothalamus) tissue-resident mast cells taken up by pre-synaptic neurons.
