Synthesis
The synthesis of all small molecule neurotransmitters occurs here.
What is the presynaptic/axon terminal?
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 class of neurotransmitter functions on the same receptors as THC and CBD.
What are endocannabinoids?
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?
What ion is necessary for neurotransmitter exocytosis?
What is calcium?
These three neurotransmitters fall under the category of Amino Acid neurotransmitters
What are Glutamate, GABA, and Glycine?
What non-classical characteristic is shared between endocannabinoids and nitric oxide?
What is being a retrograde messenger?
This enzyme constitutes the rate-limiting step for Catecholamine synthesis.
What is Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)?
This degradative enzyme of Monamine 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?
These vesicular transporters act as the defining marker for which cell type?
What are VGLUTs and glutamatergic neurons?
What are EAATs?
Which three receptors are acted upon by Glutamate?
This precursor is used as a treatment for Parkinson's Disease.
What is L-DOPA?
How and where are endogenous opioids synthesized and packaged?
What are peptide filled secretory granules in the Golgi?
This enzyme is shared in the synthesis process of all Monoamine neurotransmitters.
What is Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (AADC)?
Drugs blocking this transporter or degradation enzyme has anticonvulsant effects.
Acetylcholine has life-sustaining functions on which receptors at which location in the body?
What is the nicotinic AchR in the neuromuscular junction?
This autoimmune disorder impacts cholinergic receptors.
What is Myasthenia gravis?
Nitric oxide is synthesized from this amino acid.
What is arginine?