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NUR 330 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | A SOLVED 100% CORRECT
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NUR 330 Psychopharmacology1. Neurotransmitters
Answer
chemical messengers that the body can't function without
their job is to carry chemical signals (messages) from one neuron (nerve cell) to the next target
cell
2. Acetylcholine
Answer
(Cholinergic)
Functions
sleep, arousal, pain perception, movement, memory Increased levels
Depression
Decreased levels
Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Disease, and Parkinson's Disease
3. Norepinephrine
Answer
(Monoamines)
Functions
mood, cognition, perception, locomotion, cardiovascular functioning, sleep, and arousal
Increased levels
Mania, Anxiety States, Schizophrenia Decreased levels
, Depression
4. Dopamine
Answer
(Monoamines)
Functions
movement and coordination, emotions, voluntary judgement, release of prolactin
Increased levels
Mania and Schizophrenia
Decreased levels
Parkinson's Disease and Depression
5. Serotonin
Answer
(Monoamines)
Functions
sleep and arousal, libido, appetite, mood, aggression, pain, perception, coordination, and
judgement
Increased levels
Anxiety States Decreased levels
Depression
6. Receptors
Answer
specific proteins intended to respond to a chemical (neurotransmitter) normally present in blood
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