Neurotransmission Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: glutamate : major excitatory neurotransmitter involved in memory, dopamine : influences learning, attention and emotion; oversupply linked to schizophrenia, gaba : major inhibitory transmitter where its undersupply is linked to seizures or insomnia, acetylcholine : when neurons that produce this neurotransmitter deteriorate, it can cause alzheimer's disease, antagonist : a molecule that by binding to a receptor site, inhibits a response, action potential : neural impulse that causes an electrical charge that travels down an axon, serotonin : affects mood; those who have depression might take antidepressants if they have low _ levels, refractory period : a period of inactivity after a neuron is fired, norepinephrine : helps control alertness and arousal, endorphins : opiate-like transmitters; aka "morphine within", reuptake : the sending neuron reabsorbs the excess neurotransmitters through this, agonist : a molecule that by binding to a receptor site, stimulating a response, all or nothing response : a neuron's reaction of either firing at full strength or not firing, synapse : junction between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron, threshold : level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse (action potential), neurotransmitters : chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons and bind to receptor sites on the receiving neuron