You should know this stuff for the Unit 3 test. You can download a copy that looks better here: Neurotransmitters, Hormones, Brain review.doc
|
Neurotransmitter
|
Affected Functions
|
Associated Problems
|
|
Acetylcholine
ACH
|
- · Attention
- · Arousal
- · Muscle action/ movement
- · Memory
|
- Alzheimer’s
|
|
Dopamine
|
- · Mood/emotion
- · Arousal
- · Learning
|
- Parkinson’s
+ schizophrenia
cocaine &
amphetamines
|
|
Norepinephrine
|
- · Mood
- · Arousal
- · Learning
|
- Depression
|
|
Serotonin
|
- · Sleep
- · Hunger
- · Aggression
- · Arousal
|
- Depression
+ Anxiety, inhibit
dreaming
|
|
GABA
|
- · Inhibitory effect on axons
- · Sleep
- · Movement
|
- Anxiety, Huntington’s
Disease, epilepsy
|
|
Endorphins
|
- · Natural opiates
- · Pain relief
- · Pleasurable emotions
|
No established problems
|
|
|
Brain Area/Structure
|
Function/Importance
|
|
1
|
Brainstem
|
|
|
2
|
Medulla
|
|
|
3
|
Pons
|
|
|
4
|
Reticular formation
|
|
|
5
|
Thalamus
|
|
|
6
|
Hypothalamus
|
|
|
7
|
Pituitary gland
|
|
|
8
|
Cerebellum
|
|
|
9
|
Limbic system
|
|
|
10
|
Amygdala
|
|
|
11
|
Hippocampus
|
|
|
12
|
Cerebral cortex
|
|
|
13
|
Frontal lobe
|
|
|
14
|
Parietal lobe
|
|
|
15
|
Temporal lobe
|
|
|
16
|
Occipital lobe
|
|
|
17
|
Central sulcus
|
|
|
18
|
Primary motor cortex
|
|
|
19
|
Primary sensory cortex
|
|
|
20
|
Auditory cortex
|
|
|
21
|
Visual cortex
|
|
|
22
|
Association area
|
|
|
23
|
Broca’s area
|
|
|
24
|
Wernicke’s area
|
|
|
25
|
Angular gyrus
|
|
|
26
|
Right hemisphere
|
|
|
27
|
Left hemisphere
|
|
|
28
|
Corpus callosum
|
|
|
Hormone or gland
|
Place it’s produced
|
Function/Importance
|
|
Epinephrine (AKA adrenaline)
|
|
|
|
Norepinephrine (AKA noradrenline)
|
|
|
|
Pituitary
|
Skip
|
|
|
Testosterone
|
|
|
|
Estrogen
|
|
|
|
Hypothalamus
|
Skip
|
|
|
Pancreas
|
Skip
|
|
|
Thyroid
|
Skip
|
|
|
Parathyroid
|
Skip
|
|
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.