AP Psych - Summary of the Known Major Neurotransmitters Unit 2 - Chapter 3 Effect of Effect of Deficit Surplus Excitatory: It produces Paralysis; muscle A factor contractions associated and is found with in the motor Alzheimer’s neurons; in disease: Violent Acetylcholine the levels of muscle (ACh) hippocampus, acetylcholine contractions it is involved are severely in memory reduced formation, associated learning and with general memory intellectual impairment. function. Muscle Excitatory: rigidity; involved in A factor One factor voluntary associated associated muscle with with movements, Parkinson’s attention, disease: symptoms Dopamine learning, degeneration such as memory, and of neurons in hallucinations emotional the and perceptual arousal and substantia disorders, rewarding nigra that addiction sensations produce dopamine. Inhibitory or Anxiety, excitatory: mood Serotonin Autism involved in disorders, mood, sexual insomnia;
AP Psych - Summary of the Known Major Neurotransmitters Unit 2 - Chapter 3 Effect of Deficit Effect of Surplus Acetylcholine (ACh) Excitatory: It produces muscle contractions and is found in the motor neurons; in the hippocampus, it is involved in memory formation, learning and general intellectual function. Paralysis; A factor associated with Alzheimer’s disease: levels of acetylcholine are severely reduced associated with memory impairment. Violent muscle contractions Dopamine Excitatory: involved in voluntary muscle movements, attention, learning, memory, and emotional arousal and rewarding sensations Muscle rigidity; A factor associated with Parkinson’s disease: degeneration of neurons in the substantia nigra that produce dopamine. One factor associated with symptoms such as hallucinations and perceptual disorders, addiction Serotonin Inhibitory or excitatory: involved in mood, sexual Anxiety, mood disorders, insomnia; Autism
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