Neurons and Neurotransmitters Neurotransmitter Type Function Problems with Problems Surplus with Deficit Acetylcholine (ACH) Excitatory Muscle function Muscle spasms Alzheimer’s – Learning and memory disease – Attention – Dopamine Inhibitory Mood and emotion Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s – Arousal drug addiction disease – Movement – Serotonin Inhibitory Mood regulation Hallucinations, Depression – Hunger and sleep Autism and mood – disorders; Insommia Norepinephrine Excitatory Arousal and alertness, Anxiety Mental – especially in fight-or-flight disorders, response specifically Mood elevation depression – GABA Inhibitory main inhibitory Sleep and eating Anxiety, – neurotransmitter disorders epilepsy, Regulates sleep-wake cycles insomnia, – Huntington’s disease Glutamate Excitatory Brain’s main excitatory Overstimulation of N/A – neurotransmitter brain, which can basis of learning and cause migraines – memory and seizures
Neurons and Neurotransmitters Neurotransmitter Type Function Problems with Surplus Problems with Deficit Acetylcholine (ACH) Excitatory – Muscle function – Learning and memory – Attention Muscle spasms Alzheimer’s disease Dopamine Inhibitory – Mood and emotion – Arousal – Movement Schizophrenia, drug addiction Parkinson’s disease Serotonin Inhibitory – Mood regulation – Hunger and sleep Hallucinations, Autism Depression and mood disorders; Insommia Norepinephrine Excitatory – Arousal and alertness, especially in fight-or-flight response – Mood elevation Anxiety Mental disorders, specifically depression GABA Inhibitory – main inhibitory neurotransmitter – Regulates sleep-wake cycles Sleep and eating disorders Anxiety, epilepsy, insomnia, Huntington’s disease Glutamate Excitatory – Brain’s main excitatory neurotransmitter – basis of learning and memory Overstimulation of brain, which can cause migraines and seizures N/A