PSY 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Zolpidem, Occupational Therapist, Fluoxetine
11 Sep 2018
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Somatic - regulates actions of skeletal muscles. Autonomic - self-regulating, controls glands & muscles of internal organs (e. g. heart) Nerves that connect to the heart, blood vessels, smooth muscles, & glands. Network of glands that manufacture and secrete hormones. Chemical messengers that regulate metabolism and influence body growth, mood, and sexual characteristics. Secretes many hormones that influence the secretion of hormones by other endocrine glands. Not needed to know in detail yet. The neuron - a cell in the nervous system specialized to receive, process, and/or transmit information to other cells. Most drugs are either agonistic or antagonistic. Reuptake - neurotransmitter is drawn back into the presynaptic neuron after. Inverse agonists - products opposite effect of neurotransmitter transmission. Excess/deficit models of psychopathology (e. g. sz = excess da) - too simplistic. Serotonin: 6 major pathways in the brain. Widespread serotonin circuits: suggest wide influence on behavior, particularly how we process information.
