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AP Psychology 2.5 Biological Bases of Behavior. Which neurotransmitter sites will the drug effect?

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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by muscular function [A muscular guy with no shirt on]

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something that always seems to fail around big brothers here's our question [Big brother making little brother hit himself]

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Amanda is suffering from a degenerative disorder that compromises muscular

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function her doctor is recently prescribed a drug that will help improve

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her condition by increasing the activity of the neurotransmitter associated with

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muscle movement which neurotransmitter sites will the drug effect and here are the

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potential answers .... Alright,let's begin with what we know we

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know we're looking for a neurotransmitter thats related to muscle

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function and we know that all of the above answers are in fact some of the [Man performing pull-up]

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most common neurotransmitters or well maybe we didn't know that but hey we do

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now so which one is it well it's not dopamine because we know that dopamine [Dopamine molecule]

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is best known as the pleasure chemical when we experience stuff like tasty food [Girl taking a bite of food]

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we get a boost of dopamine and while it might feel good to just say this is our

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answer and call it a day, on this whole studying thing well that wouldn't be

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right and who knows maybe figuring out the right answer will give us the [Dopamine kicks boy off his chair]

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biggest dopamine kick of all.. Serotonin meanwhile can't be it either because

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serotonin is most associated with mood it's a big contributor to well-being and [Girl waving her arms happily]

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happiness but definitely not muscle movement although the muscle movement

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required to lift spoon full of ice cream to your mouth is kind of definition of [muscular guy taking spoonfuls of ice cream]

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happiness right norepinephrine isn't the right answer either as it deals with

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stress hormones and the fight-or-flight response and while compromised muscle [little brother made to hit himself by big brother]

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function can no doubt be stressful whether from a degenerative disorder or

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a semi abusive older sibling it doesn't fit the bill and we get rid of E; GABA or

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gamma aminobutryic acid which is wrong because it deals with the central

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nervous system and specifically anxiety not muscle movement speaking of which

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we're starting to get a little anxious here so let's move on to the right

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answer which is D) acetylcholine which functions both in the peripheral nervous [Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system labelled on body]

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system in the central nervous system as a neuromodulator in other [Man lifting weights]

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a regulator and specific to our question helps regulate the movement of muscles

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which is exactly why a doctor would prescribe a drug to help improve its

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function no word yet on if said drug keeps away stronger older family members [muscular guy takes away big brother]

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