MCAT: Neurotransmitters correctly answered

MCAT: NeurotransmittersAcetylcholine - correct answer Different roles in PNS and CNS PNS: transmit nerve impulses to muscles CNS: attention and arousal Deficit associated with Alzheimer's Acetylcholine: PNS - correct answer Transmit nerve impulses to muscles Acetylcholine: CNS - correct answer Attention and arousal Acetylcholine Deficit - correct answer Alzheimer's Catecholamines - correct answer Biogenic amines or monamines Epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline), dopamine Epinephrine (Adrenaline) - correct answer Catecholamine Primary NT of the sympathetic NS (fight or flight), wakefulness and alertness Acts systemically as a hormone after being secreted by adrenal medulla Norepinephrine (Noradrenaline) - correct answer Catecholamine Primary NT of the sympathetic NS (fight or flight), wakefulness and alertness Acts at local level as a NT Epinephrine/Norepinephrine Deficit - correct answer Depression Epinephrine/Norepinephrine Excess - correct answer Mania, anxiety