Amphetamine affect on neurotransmitter ✔✔Block dopamine reuptake, their
most significant
action is to directly stimulate the release of dopamine from neurons. principal
mechanismism of
action is to stimulate the release of dopamine from the presynaptic terminal.
Types of Amphetamine ✔✔dextroamphetamine, methamphetamine,
phemetrazine
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PCP ✔✔Common name for Phencyclidine (developed as an injectable anesthetic
in the 1950s)
PCP affect on nuerotransmitters ✔✔antagonizes the actions of the excitatory
amino acid
neurotransmitter glutamate. binding of
(this drug) to the receptor blocks calcium entry into the cell.
Examples of Sedatives ✔✔Alcohol, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines
drugs that inhibit CNS activity. ✔✔Alcohol, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines
Sedative (s) (affect on Neurotransmitters) ✔✔enhance the activity of the
inhibitory amino
acid neurotransmitter gamma amino butyric acid
(GABA).
Alcohol affect on Neurotransmitters ✔✔The net effect of (this) is to depress
activity in the brain
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producing its characteristic sedating and intoxicating effects. inhibits receptors
for excitatory
neurotransmitters and augments activity at receptors for inhibitory
neurotransrnitters
Symptoms of withdrawal from Alcohol ✔✔CNS hyperexcitability. In humans this
hyperexcitability results in anxiety, anorexia, insomnia, tremor, disorientation,
and sometimes
hallucinations. In severe withdrawal a syndrome called delirium tremens,
marked by vivid
hallucinations, disorientation with respect to time and place, and outbursts of
irrational behavior,
may develop.
BARBITURATES ✔✔class of drugs that depress CNS activity. Widely prescribed as
antianxiety
agents and sleep aids, and to treat other psychiatric conditions.
BARBITURATES affect on neurotransmitters ✔✔increase GABA activity
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