WALDEN NURS 6630 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 100% CORRECT AND DETAILED

WALDEN NURS 6630
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY STUDY
GUIDE 100% CORRECT AND
DETAILED




the soma - ANSWER-is the command center of the nerve
and contains the nucleus of the cell

The synaptic cleft - ANSWER-is the gap between the
presynaptic neuron and the postsynaptic neuron; it
contains proteins and scaffolding and molecular forms of
"synaptic glue" to reinforce the connection between the
neurons. Receptors are present on both sides of this cleft
and are key elements of chemical neurotransmission.

classic synaptic neurotransmission - ANSWER-stimulation
of a presynaptic neuron (e.g., by neurotransmitters, light,
drugs, hormones, nerve impulses) causes electrical

, impulses to be sent to its axon terminal. These electrical
impulses are then converted into chemical messengers
and released to stimulate the receptors of a postsynaptic
neuron.

axon - ANSWER-Neurons send information via an ____
that forms presynaptic terminals as the ____ passes by
(en passant) or as the ____ ends

axodendritic - ANSWER-synaptic connections between
the axon and dendrites of two neurons

axosomatic - ANSWER-synaptic connections between the
axon and the soma

axoaxonic - ANSWER-synaptic connections between
axons of the two neurons

The chemical basis of neurotransmission - ANSWER-is
how chemical signals are coded, decoded, transduced,
and sent along the way.

The anatomical basis of neurotransmission - ANSWER-is
neurons and the connections between them, called
synapses, sometimes also called the anatomically
addressed nervous system, a complex of "hard-wired"
synaptic connections between neurons, not unlike millions
of telephone wires within thousands upon thousands of
cables