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  NEUROTRANSMITTER
ACh
Acetylcholine
NE Norepinephrine
DA
Dopamine
5-HT
Serotonin
GABA
Synthesis

Deactivation

Acetate + choline

AChE then (choline uptake)

Tyrosine ®  L-DOPA ®  DA ®  NE 
MAOa    (Enzyme in terminal buttons)   MAOb 
Reuptake 
Tryptophan ® 5-HT     MAOa
Reuptake
glutamate ® GABA

Reuptake 

Location
 
 

Receptors

ANS ganglia & skeletal muscles (N )
cortex, limbic system 
parasymp. targets (M)
N = nicotinic receptors
M = muscarinic receptors
locus coeruleus to the
limbic system via the MFB

alpha 1 & 2
beta 1 & 2 receptors

substantia  nigra to the basal ganglia & the ventral tegmentum to the limbic system via the MFB

D1, 2, 3 & D4 receptors

Raphe nucleus to the limbic system via the MFB 
Hypothalamus

5-HT a & b

whole brain, 
limbic system
esp. amygdala

GABA 1 &2 

Function learning, REM sleep arousal,  wakefulness, 

mood

reward, mood,  movement sleep, wakefulness,

mood, feeding

reduce anxiety,

increase relaxation

SYNTHESIS
& storage
 CHOLINE ­ *RESERPINE ¯ (vesicles don’t store transmitter so MAO in button destroys it) 
*MAO Inhib ­*L-DOPA ­   *L=DOPA ­ * MAO Inhib ­       *MAO Inhib ­
 
RELEASE BOTULINUM TOXIN ¯
BLACK WIDOW VENOM­
*AMPHETAMINE ­ *AMPHETAMINE ­    
ACTIVATE
RECEPTORS
*NICOTINE (E) ­

*MUSCARINE (I) ­



*LSD ­ *ALCOHOL­ *BARBITURATES ­
*BENZODIAZAPINE­
BLOCK
RECEPTORS
*CURARE (N) ¯

*ATROPINE (M) ¯


*CHLORPROMAZINE¯ 
*HALOPERIDOL ¯ *CLOZAPINE ¯ 


DEACTIVATION ORGANOPHOSPHATES­
&  NERVE GAS ­

(Both deactivate AChE)

*AMPHETAMINES ­
*COCAINE ­ *TRICYCLIC ­ ANTIDEPRESSANTS­ *LITHIUM ¯ (facil. reup)
*AMPHETAMINES ­
*COCAINE ­
*TRICYCLIC                ATIDEPRESSANTS­

*SSRIs­  (PROZAC)

 
AGONIST ­(Increases the activity of the neurotransmitter)                                     Glutamate (E) (amino acid)
ANTAGONIST ¯(Decreases the activity of the neurotransmitter)                            Aspartate (E) (amino acid)
Endorphin  (neuropeptide)
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