EPPP: Physiology and Psychopharmocology

What is the name for the electrical process moving info from dendrite to axon in the neuron?

What is the name for the chemical process which takes place between neurons?

This neurotransmitter is involved in sleep and memory and is related to Alzheimers and Myasthenia gravis.

This type of neurotransmitter is involved in mood, memory, sleep, and movement (just dopamine) and is related to depression, schizophrenia, tourette's, and parkinson's. It includes norepinephrine (noradrenaline), epinephrine (adrenaline), and dopamine.

This neurotransmitter relates to mood, hunger, temperature regulation, sexual activity, arousal, sleep, aggression, and migraine headaches and is also related to schizophrenia, autism, depression, PTSD, and OCD.

This neurotransmitter is related to sleep, eating, seizures, anxiety and Huntington's disease.

This neurotransmitter is related to learning, memory, long-term potentiation (responsible for forming long term memories) and Huntington's, Alzheimers and other neurodegenerative disorders.

This neurotransmitter has pain-killing properties (analgesic), and relates to pleasurable experiences (runner’s high), control of emotions, memory and learning, sexual behavior.

The superior portion of the spinal cord is responsible for carrying __________ messages.

The inferior portion of the spinal cord is responsible for carrying __________ messages.

This system is responsible for relaying messages between the CNS and the body's sensory organs, muscles and glands.

The peripheral nervous system is made of the ______ nervous system and the ________ nervous system.

The somatic nervous system consists of _______ nerves (which carry info from sense receptors to the CNS) and _________ nerves (which carry info from the CNS to muscles).

This system within the peripheral nervous system (PNS) is associated with involuntary activity and is made of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

Name and describe the 5 stages of CNS development.