voluntary motor control, found where axons connect to muscles and body organs, attention, learning, sleeping, dreaming, memory, Alzheimer's = deterioration of Ach
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Dopamine
motor behaviour, motivation, pleasure and emotional arousal, drug addiction, high = schizophrenia, low = parkinson's
2 of 7
Glutamate
Major excitatory neurotransmitter, high = seizures
3 of 7
GABA
Major inhibitory transmitter, stops the firing of neurons, under supply = tremors, seizures, insomnia
4 of 7
Noradrenaline
Mood and arousal
5 of 7
Serotonin
Regulation of sleep and wakefulness, eating, aggressive behaviour, under supply = depression
6 of 7
Endorphins
chemicals that act in pain pathways and emotion centres
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Dopamine
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motor behaviour, motivation, pleasure and emotional arousal, drug addiction, high = schizophrenia, low = parkinson's
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