PSYC 385 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tryptophan Hydroxylase, Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase, Tyrosine Hydroxylase

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 385
• Professor: Bryan Jones

Document Summary

Functional classifications: anaesthetics - kills sensation in the body and causing unconsiocusness. Examples: morphone, ketamine, barbituates, pcp: hallucinogens - alter perception leading to visual illusions or distortions, changes perception, thoughts and emotion. Examples: lsd, psilocybin (shrooms), mdma: anxiolytics - drugs that relieve anxiety e. g. barbituates, ghb, eythl alcohol, anti-psychotics- reduces sympotmoms of psychosis. Haloperidol, phenothiazines: anti-depressants - drugs that relieve depression e. g. mao inhibitors, selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, anti-mania - drugs that reduce mania or bi-polar e. g. lithium chloride. Every hour a certain amount of alcohol will be metabolized and cleared out of body. Half-lives amount of time to cut the concentration of the blood in half. Half the drug in the body is eliminated during 1 half-life. Ion distribution is responsible for the cell"s resting potential. Resting potential no activity at a certain synapse all cells are polarized at rest.