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Name and describe 6 neurotransmitters that affect mood, memory and well being.
1. Serotonin- affects sleep, appetite, sense perception, temperature regulation, pain suppression and mood.
2. Dopamine- voluntary movement, learning, memory, emotion, pleasure or reward and maybe response to new things.
3. Acetylcholine- muscle action, cognitive functioning, memory and emotion.
4. Norepinephrine- increased heart rate, slowing of intestinal activity during stress, learning, memory, dreaming, waking from sleep and emotion.
5. GABA- major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.
6. Glutamate- major excitatory neurotransmitter in brain.