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Nur 600 midterm Exam Questions and
Answers
Dopamine (DA)(D2) - Answers✓✓Responsible for: attention
Mood
Movement
Dopamine in high concentrations leads to: - Answers✓✓Schizophrenia, Drug addiction
Dopamine in low concentrations leads to: - Answers✓✓Parkinson's, depression, anxiety
disorders, memory problems, ADHD
What type of neurotransmitter is is dopamine? - Answers✓✓Excitatory and inhibitory
What type of neurotransmitter is serotonin? - Answers✓✓Inhibitory
Serotonin is responsible for: - Answers✓✓Mood, anxiety, appetite, eating behavior, and sleep
High serotonin levels leads to: - Answers✓✓Delirium
Low serotonin levels lead to: - Answers✓✓Depression, anxiety, mood changes, insomnia, ptsd,
schizophrenia, sleep problems, cognition attention
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Glutamate is what type of neurotransmitter? - Answers✓✓excitatory
Glutamate is most important for: - Answers✓✓Normal brain functioning
High levels of glutamate leads to: - Answers✓✓ADHD, autism
Low levels of glutamate leads to: - Answers✓✓Schizophrenia(neg symptoms) depression and
OCD
GABA is what type of neurotransmitter? - Answers✓✓inhibitory
GABA is responsible for: - Answers✓✓Coordinator of brain activity, cns depressant like
effects
High levels of GABA are associated with - Answers✓✓Eating disorders, insomnia, reduced
stress and anxiety
Low levels of GABA responsible for: - Answers✓✓Anxiety, schizophrenia, autism, depression
Acetylcholine is what type of neurotransmitter? - Answers✓✓excitatory and inhibitory
Acetylcholine is responsible for: - Answers✓✓Muscle contraction, involves inattention,
memory, learning, general intellectual functioning
High levels of glutamate: - Answers✓✓Severe muscle spasms