BIOL 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, Energy Drink, Caffeine
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Slide 4a: two phosphates = amp, know adp & cyclic amp. Slide 5a: adp functions as a hormone-like chemical messenger on specific cell-surface receptors, adp released from granules, adp shown to be an autocrine & paracrine signal. Slide 6a: caffeine = a stimulant, red bull: has sugar & stimulant that keeps you awake = energy drink, primary fuels, methylanilines: tea, chocolate. Every specie has a different effect to this. Slide 6b: adenine base, resembles caffeine, adenosine & caffeine have the r group, caffeine block adenosine receptors (antagonist, caffeine is a natural drug, naturally, it is in plants as a fighting mechanism against other species. Slide 7a: we shut down 1 neuronal tract at a time (we fall asleep in stages, we wake up 1 neuronal tract at a time, we don"t fall asleep at once (cid:894)exception: pathologic cases(cid:895) Slide 8a: the ccn is always active: there are wave stages for falling asleep.
