Ap Psych: Commonly Studied Neurotransmitters + Hormones

endorphins

natural, opioid-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure, runners high

ACh(acetylcholine)

enables muscle action, learning, and memory, malfunction=alzheimer’s disease

dopamine

influences movment, learning, attention, and emotion, malfunction =schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease

serotonin

affects mood, hunger, sleep and arousal, malfunction=derpression

norepinephrine

controls alertness and arousal, malfunction=depressive symptoms

GABA

a mahor inhibitory neurotransmitter, malfuntion=seizures, tremors, and insomnia

glutamate

excitatory neurotransmitter, also involved in memory, malfunction=overstimulation producing migraines and seizures

substance P

pain perception and immune response, malfunction=chronic pain