PSY290H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Botulism, Pituitary Gland, Basal Forebrain
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Select three drugs out of this table, and make sure you know those three in great deal. Ie. caffine, nicotine, and alcohol know content in great detail (for short answer or essay portion of the exam) Psychoactive drugs - drug that has the capability to influence a neuron: some kind of influence on the cns (doesn"t have to be directly in the. Can be released in the brain and can travel. Because these hormones capitalize movement travelling in the blood. Bind to carrier protein take this neurohormone some distance away, example: reproductive system and having an impact on the ovaries or testes. If we have commonalities in terms of size, or building blocks of what the neurotransmitters made up, they get clumped together. Lecture 4 july 22, 2013: amino acid neurotransmitter. Gaseous neurotransmitters simply diffuse across the phospholipid bilayer: nitric oxide maintaining communication within neurons, carbon monoxide important in neural activity. The distribution of cholinergic systems in the brain.
