Synthesis
This essential amino acid is the precursor to Indolamine neurotransmitters.
What is Tryptophan?
SSRIs target this transporter.
What is Serotonin transporter (SERT)?
GABA is a ________ neurotransmitter.
What is inhibitory?
These three neurotransmitters all fall under the category of Catecholamines.
What are Dopamine, Epinephrine, and Norepinephrine?
This essential amino acid is the precursor to all catecholamine neurotransmitters.
What is Tyrosine?
This enzyme degrades Acetylcholine within the synaptic cleft.
What is Acetylcholinesterase?
Glutamate is a ___________ neurotransmitter?
What is activating?
These three neurotransmitters fall under the category of Amino Acid neurotransmitters
What are Glutamate, GABA, and Glycine?
This enzyme constitutes the rate-limiting step for Catecholamine synthesis.
What is Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)?
This degradative enzyme of Monoamine neurotransmitters was an early target for antidepressants.
What is Monamine oxidase (MAO)?
A loss of which neurotransmitter is responsible for the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disorder?
What is Dopamine?
This neurotransmitter is considered an Indolamine.
What is Serotonin?
This is the precursor from which Glutamate is synthesized and buffered back and forth.
What is Glutamine?
These transporter proteins are located on astrocytes and aid in the recycling/buffering of Glutamate.
What are EAATs (excitatory amino acid transporters)?
These are the three main receptors acted upon by Glutamate?
What are AMPA, NMDA, and Kainate receptors?
This precursor is used as a treatment for Parkinson's Disease.
What is L-DOPA?
This is the precursor from which GABA is synthesized.
What is Glutamate?
This enzyme catabolizes Dopamine and Neuro-epinephrine but NOT Serotonin
What is Catechol-o-methyltransferase (COMT)?
Monoamines modulate Glutamatergic neuro-transmission via this mechanism:
What is binding at varicosities surrounding glutamatergic synapses?
This autoimmune disorder impacts cholinergic receptors.
What is Myasthenia gravis?