AP PSYCHOLOGY - NEUROTRANSMITTERS

Acetycholine (Ach)

Which neurotransmitter enables muscle action, learning, and memory, but has the malfunction of Ach-producing neurons deteriorating with Alzheimer’s disease?

Dopamine

Which neurotransmitter influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion, but has the malfunction of an oversupply linking to schizophrenia and an undersupply linking to tremors and decreased mobility in Parkinson’s disease?

Serotonin

Which neurotransmitter affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal, and has an undersupply linking to depression?  Some antidepressant drugs also raise this neurotransmitter’s levels.

Norepinephrine

Which neurotransmitter helps control alertness and arousal and has the malfunction of an undersupply being able to depress mood?

GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)

Which neurotransmitter is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter and has the malfunction of an undersupply linking to seizures, tremors, and insomnia?

Glutamate

Which neurotransmitter is a major excitatory neurotransmitter and is involved in memory and has the malfunction of an oversupply overstimulating the brain, producing migraines or seizures? (M = Migraines