Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Neurotransmitters
- Axodendritic
- Axon to dendrite
- Neuromuscular
- Neuron to muscle
- Synapse = about 40nm
- Pre-synaptic action potential
- Depolarisation of
synaptic terminal
- Release of chemical
transmitter
- Postsynaptic signal
- Major neurotransmitters of the brain
- Glutamate
- Excitatory NT
- GABA
- Inhibitory NT
- Acetylcholine (Ach)
- Higher brain function
- Memory
- First synapses affected during
memory loss
- Most common in
neuromuscular synapses
- Noradrenaline
- Dopamine
- Seratonin
- Mood controlling
- What criteria define a NT
- Synthesis
- Enzymes present in the nerve terminal
- Storage
- In secretory vesicles
- Release
- Regulated release in to synaptic
space
- Reception
- Presence of receptors
- Removal
- A means for
terminating the action