PSYC 4034 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Adenine, Fluoxetine, Nmda Receptor
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[how drugs affect neurons and what they do: assumptions about drugs, exogenous has to be chemicals manufactured outside of the body, it has to alter neuron activity, has to have effects at low doses, it has to suggest endogenous ligands [ex: if we take marijuana and it produces an effect, the assumption is that the plant compound is close enough to some endogenous ligand in the body that receptors can"t tell apart], pharmacokinetics movement of the drugs in the body. Neurotransmitters (synaptic transmission: neurotransmitter, released into synaptic cleft, brief effect on the postsynaptic membrane, neuromodulator, released from all portions of the terminal buttons, modulates. Also given with anithesia cause it paralyses and decrease bleeding: found in the brain (cns) and postganglionic parasympathetic nervous system, metabotropic [slow acting, long lasting receptor, antagonist is atropine [active ingredient in belladonna (means beautiful woman) it blocks the parasympathetic nervous system.
