Physiology: synaptic transmission

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what type of neurotransmitter is acetylcholine?
ester
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what type of neurotransmitter is adrenaline?
amine
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what type of neurotransmitter is antidiuretic hormone?
peptide
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which agent inhibits synapses by attacking the fusion protin SNAP-25 - preventing acetylcholine release?
botox
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what type of summation is associated with repeated low-level inputs summed together?
temporal
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what type of summation is associated with the balance of excitatory and inhibitory inputs?
spatial
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what does inhibitory synapses cause?
hyperpolarisation
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which are the most abundant type of neurotransmitter?
amino acids
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how do you describe an ion channel that is controlled directly by the arrival of a neurotransmitter?
ionotropic
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what type of synapse involves gap junctions with no synaptic cleft?
electrical
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what do you call a synapse that joins an axon and a cell body?
axosomatic
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