ANT2100 Exam 3 UPDATED Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Where can you find Acetylcholine (ACh)? What specific systems is it a neurotransmitter of? -
CORRECT ANSWER - - The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.
- The somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system
What is Acetylcholine important for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Important in arousal, sleep,
attention, memory
What condition is sometimes linked to the loss of ACh? How can we treat it? - CORRECT
ANSWER - - Alzheimer's
- Can take a reuptake inhibitor to help treat it
What are the three monoamines? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Serotonin/5-HT
2) Norepinephrine
3) Dopamine
Where can you find serotonin? - CORRECT ANSWER - - central and peripheral nervous
system
- mainly the gut
What is Serotonin important for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Important for temperature
regulation, sleep, mood, nausea, vomiting. It also stimulates the gut
Depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and PTSD can be linked to a low
level of this neurotransmitter: - CORRECT ANSWER - serotinin
How can you treat low levels of serotonin? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Selective
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's)
and CORRECT Answers
Where can you find Acetylcholine (ACh)? What specific systems is it a neurotransmitter of? -
CORRECT ANSWER - - The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.
- The somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system
What is Acetylcholine important for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Important in arousal, sleep,
attention, memory
What condition is sometimes linked to the loss of ACh? How can we treat it? - CORRECT
ANSWER - - Alzheimer's
- Can take a reuptake inhibitor to help treat it
What are the three monoamines? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Serotonin/5-HT
2) Norepinephrine
3) Dopamine
Where can you find serotonin? - CORRECT ANSWER - - central and peripheral nervous
system
- mainly the gut
What is Serotonin important for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Important for temperature
regulation, sleep, mood, nausea, vomiting. It also stimulates the gut
Depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and PTSD can be linked to a low
level of this neurotransmitter: - CORRECT ANSWER - serotinin
How can you treat low levels of serotonin? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Selective
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's)
