Deck 5: Extension: B - Communication Between Neurons

Question 1

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the substance in each question with the MOST appropriate alternative from the list below.
dopamine ___

A)Viagra
B)Alzheimer's disease
C)Parkinson's disease
D)opium

Answer 1

Parkinson's disease

Question 2

Use the following to answer questions:
For each of the following, answer
histamine ___

A) if the substance is a classical neurotransmitter or
B) if it is a neuroactive peptide.

Answer 2

if the substance is a classical neurotransmitter or

Question 3

How did Loewi's 1921 experiment demonstrate the existence of a diffusible chemical messenger?

Answer 3

The experiment showed that shared fluid from a stimulated heart resulted in the second heart assuming the same heart rate.

Question 4

Use the following to answer questions:
For each transmitter listed, choose the correct precursor substance from which it is made from the list below.
dopamine ___

A)tyrosine
B)dietary choline
C)glutamate
D)tryptophan

Question 5

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the brain nucleus in each question with the major neurotransmitter found there from the list below.
raphe nucleus ___

A)norepinephrine
B)serotonin
C)dopamine

Question 6

Use the following to answer questions:
For each structure listed, choose the MOST appropriate alternative from the list below.
receptors ___

A)vesicle clusters
B)postsynaptic potentials
C)neurotransmitter release
D)neurotransmitter molecule containers

Question 7

Use the following to answer questions:
For each of the following, answer
glycine ___

A) if the substance is a classical neurotransmitter or
B) if it is a neuroactive peptide.

Question 8

Use the following to answer questions:
For each structure listed, choose the MOST appropriate alternative from the list below.
storage granules ___

A)vesicle clusters
B)postsynaptic potentials
C)neurotransmitter release
D)neurotransmitter molecule containers

Question 9

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the substance in each question with the MOST appropriate alternative from the list below.
NO ___

A)Viagra
B)Alzheimer's disease
C)Parkinson's disease
D)opium

Question 10

Use the following to answer questions:
For each of the following, answer
somatostatin ___

A) if the substance is a classical neurotransmitter or
B) if it is a neuroactive peptide.

Question 11

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the brain nucleus in each question with the major neurotransmitter found there from the list below.
locus coeruleus ___

A)norepinephrine
B)serotonin
C)dopamine

Question 12

Use the following to answer questions:
For each transmitter listed, choose the correct precursor substance from which it is made from the list below.
serotonin ___

A)tyrosine
B)dietary choline
C)glutamate
D)tryptophan

Question 13

Use the following to answer questions:
For each structure listed, choose the MOST appropriate alternative from the list below.
synaptic vesicles ___

A)vesicle clusters
B)postsynaptic potentials
C)neurotransmitter release
D)neurotransmitter molecule containers

Question 14

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the brain nucleus in each question with the major neurotransmitter found there from the list below.
substantia nigra ___

A)norepinephrine
B)serotonin
C)dopamine

Question 15

Use the following to answer questions:
For each transmitter listed, choose the correct precursor substance from which it is made from the list below.
acetylcholine ___

A)tyrosine
B)dietary choline
C)glutamate
D)tryptophan

Question 16

Use the following to answer questions:
For each of the following, answer
insulin ___

A) if the substance is a classical neurotransmitter or
B) if it is a neuroactive peptide.

Question 17

Use the following to answer questions:
For each transmitter listed, choose the correct precursor substance from which it is made from the list below.
GABA ___

A)tyrosine
B)dietary choline
C)glutamate
D)tryptophan

Question 18

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the substance in each question with the MOST appropriate alternative from the list below.
acetylcholine ___

A)Viagra
B)Alzheimer's disease
C)Parkinson's disease
D)opium

Question 19

Use the following to answer questions:
For each structure listed, choose the MOST appropriate alternative from the list below.
presynaptic membrane ___

A)vesicle clusters
B)postsynaptic potentials
C)neurotransmitter release
D)neurotransmitter molecule containers

Question 20

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the substance in each question with the MOST appropriate alternative from the list below.
met - enkephalin ___

A)Viagra
B)Alzheimer's disease
C)Parkinson's disease
D)opium

Question 21

Describe the organization and function of the Renshaw loop.

Question 22

Identify the four dominant neurotransmitters in the four major activating systems.

Question 23

What is the role of the serotonin neurotransmitter system in the regulation of bodily function?
Answer Key

Question 24

Discuss the differences between classical neurotransmitters and neuropeptides. Give two examples of each.

Question 25

Diagram the process by which the activation of a metabotropic receptor by a neurotransmitter molecule results in the modification of postsynaptic function.

Question 26

Characterize the anatomy and hypothesized functions of the nigrostriatal and mesolimbic dopamine pathways.

Question 27

Identify, in correct order, the four steps in synaptic transmission.

Question 28

List the key differences between ionotropic and metabotropic receptors.

Question 29

Draw a representative neuron in the central nervous system, and identify the possible types of synapses that could occur on it.

Question 30

What is the functional result of the relative positioning of inhibitory and excitatory inputs to a neuron?

Question 31

What are the three known ways that neurotransmitters are stored by presynaptic neurons?

Question 32

What are four ways that neurotransmitters can be removed from the synaptic cleft?

Question 33

What are some important differences in appearance between inhibitory and excitatory synapses?

Question 34

What are the four criteria for identifying a substance as a neurotransmitter?