PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Etiology, Human Genome, Prolactin

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2AP3
• Professor: Geoffrey Hall

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Chemicals found in nervous system and in the brain that affect the transmission of nerve impulses in the nervous system: the influence the probability that nerve impulses will be blocked in the brain. All of the below serve as neurotransmitters. Mao: monoamine oxidase: chemical whose function it is to break down functions of neurotransmitters, *a limiter to the amount of time that neurotransmitters can be active in the synaptic cleft* It is impossible to know the level of neurotransmitters in the brain itself lomoar cpsd| 2151316. 1) how do we learn whether genes play a role. 2) how do we quantify or express the extent of genetic contribution. Double helix: four amino acids that make up the ladder of dna, a adenine, t thymine, c cytosine, g guanine, this code makes up all of the information in our dna atcg.