PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Midbrain, Agonist, Twin
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Sep 19, 2015 higher iq: fmri technology helped analyze patients who are in the vegetative states. Agonist: mimics the action of a neurotransmitter (nicotine). Antagonist: opposes the action of a neurotransmitter. (curare) Degeneration of this neuron causes parkinsonism (l- dopa) causing tremor, slow movement, impaired speech and muscle stiffness; schizophrenia. Abnormal levels contribute to depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Amino acid that has both excitatory and inhibitory effects. Contributes to pain relief and perhaps some pleasurable emotions. Peripheral nervous system: made up of all nerves that lie outside the brain and spinal cord, nerves are bundled of neuron bres (axons, extends outside the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system is divided in two parts. * made up of nerves that connect to voluntary skeletal muscles and sensory receptors. Carry information from receptors in the skin, muscles and joints to the central nervous system. Axons that carry information inward to the central nervous system.
