What are the steps involved in the life cycle of a neurotransmitter?
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2It appears that the highest rates of use of alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drugs in the United States occurred from about 1979-1980
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Question 3GABA and glutamate are similar in that they are found throughout the brain and are primarily inhibitory neurotransmitters.
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Question 4According to data from Monitoring the Future, an effective public policy would be to increase the perception of the risk of marijuana use because increased perception of risk causes a decrease in marijuana use.
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Question 5Drugs can affect neurotransmitter systems in two main ways: either by altering the availability of the neurotransmitter in the synapse, or by
A. acting on the blood-brain barrier.
B. altering hormone levels.
C. acting directly on the receptors.
D. increasing blood pressure.
Question 6Parkinson's disease patients are often treated with dopamine because L-dopa cannot cross the blood-brain barrier.
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Question 7In the neuron, neurotransmitters are stored in the myelin sheaths.
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Question 8The complex branching parts of a neuron that receive information from other neurons are called dendrites.
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