Functions
How they do it
Sympathetic or Parasympathetic
100
What does Dopamine do?
Dopamine helps regulate pain and pleasure
100

What causes neurotransmitters to be released?

A signal from another neuron

100

The fight or flight response

Sympathetic

200
What does Serotonin do?
Serotonin helps regulate mood, appetite, memory and learning.
200
Where are Neurotransmitters released?
Synapse
200

Rest and digest 

Parasympathetic

300
What does Glutamate do?
Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter that is important to memory
300

The area between a dendrite and an axon terminal

Synapse 

300

Increases heart rate and respiration 

Sympathetic

400

What does histamine do?

Is produced as an immune system response

400

Receives the signals from other neurons

Dendrites

400

Increases digestion, salivation, and arousal 

Parasympathetic 

500

What does GABA do?

Contributes to vision, motor control, and plays a role in the regulation of anxiety


500

The main part of the neuron that holds the nucleus

The cell body or soma

500

Causes the production of epinephrine and norepinephrine 

Sympathetic 

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