Neurotransmitter Skits

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Use at least 4 of the characters. 30 minutes prep, 2-5 min. skit. Must have name tags!

Alice Choline – Acetylcholine impacts muscle actions, emotions, and memory.
Sara Tonin – Serotonin adds to feelings of well-being and happiness.
Gabby Gaba – Gaba is an antagonist or inhibitor (opposite of glutamate).
Gary Glutamate – Glutamate is important for learning and memory. It excites neurons.
Donna Dopamine – Dopamine is important in the brain's reward and pleasure centers. Dopamine also helps regulate movement and emotional responses. A deficit means Parkinson's disease.
Nora Pinephrine – Norepinephrine is involved with memory, learning, wakefulness, and emotion. During stress, it increases pulse and lowers intestinal activity. It's actually a hormone, not a neurotransmitters.
Enrique Endorphins – Endorphins inhibit pain, increase pleasure and memory.
Others? – You can add your own, like “Brain” or "Adrenaline".

Put your characters in a scene and have them interact. Stay within their "personality". Scene ideas...

At the water cooler at work.	At the beauty salon.
Waiting for a bus.	Standing at the copy machine.
Sitting at a table in a restaurant.	In line waiting to get into a night club.
Carpooling somewhere.	Elsewhere?

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