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axon terminals

release neurotransmitters which bind to the receptor sites of the other neurons dendrites

reuptake

when the sending neuron reabsorps the neurotransmitters the other neuron did not absorb

types of neurotransmitters

acetylocline, dopamine, serotonin, endorphins, GABA, glutamate

acetylocline

type of neurotransmitter responsible for muscles, learning and memory (Alzheimer's)

dopamine 

type of neurotransmitters responsible for movement, learning and emotions (schizophrenia)

serotonin

type of neurotransmitter responsible for sleep arousal, hunger, mood (depression)

GABA

type of neurotransmitters that stops other neurotransmitters from bonding to the dendrites of the other neuron

glutamate 

types of neurotransmitter responsible for memory (seizures, migranes)

endorphins

type of neurotransmitters responsible for sending pain killers

central nervous system

brain and spinal cord - spinal cord is responsible for reflexes

peripheral nervous system 

everything besides the brain and spinal cord ( 4 parts)

parts of the peripheral nervous system

sympathetic, parasympathetic, automatic, somatic

sympathetic

expends energy

parasympathetic 

conserves energy 

somatic

skeletal muslcles, what allows you to stand

automatic

digestion, heart beat

endocrine system 

secretes hormones to influence sex and hunger 

description of endocrine system

slow messages but lasts longer than the nervous system messages

two glands in the endocrine system

pituitary gland and adrenal glands

pituitary gland

master gland controlling which neurotransmitters are released

adrenal glands 

secretes stress hormones