NEUR 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ampa Receptor, Neuromuscular Junction, Protein Kinase
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An amine that serves as a neurotransmitter at many synapses in the peripheral and central nervous systems, including the neuromuscular junction. A method for visualizing sites of radioactive emissions in tissue sections. barbiturate. A class of drugs with sedative, general anesthetic, and anticonvulsant effects; barbiturates act in part by binding gabaa receptors and prolonging their inhibitory actions. benzodiazepine. A class of drugs with antianxiety, sedative, muscle-relaxing, and anticonvulsant effects; acts by binding to gabaa receptors and prolonging their inhibitory actions. calcium-camodulin-dependent protein kinase (camk) A protein kinase activated by elevations of internal ca2+ concentration. catecholamines. Describing neurons or synapses that produce and release acetylcholine. co-transmitter. One of two or more different neurotransmitters that are released from a single presynaptic nerve terminal. The idea that a neuron has a unique identity with respect to neurotransmitter. diacyglycerol (da) A second messenger molecule formed by the action of phopholipase c on the membrane phopholipid phophatidylinositor-4,5-biphosphate. Dag activates the enzyme protein kinase c. dopa.
