Neurotransmitter Receptor Quiz

A neurotransmitter receptor is a membrane receptor protein that is activated by a ______.

If a neurotransmitter bumps into its corresponding receptor, they will ______ and can trigger other events to occur inside the cell.

The influx of ions through ion channels opened due to the binding of neurotransmitters to specific receptors can change the ______ potential of a neuron.

AMPA is a specific agonist for the ______ receptor, where it mimics the effects of the neurotransmitter glutamate.

AMPA generates fast excitatory ______ potentials (EPSP).

AMPA activates AMPA receptors that are non-selective cationic channels allowing the passage of Na+ and K+ and therefore have an equilibrium potential near ______ mV.

The NMDA receptor is one of three types of ______ receptors

The ligands for the NMDA receptor are ______ and glycine (or D-serine)

The NMDA receptor acts as a 'coincidence detector' and only opens when both glutamate and glycine (or D-serine) are present and the neuron is sufficiently [blanked]

γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the chief ______ neurotransmitter in the developmentally mature mammalian central nervous system.

GABAB receptors are ______ receptors, which are G protein-coupled receptors that open or close ion channels via intermediaries (G proteins)

Neurons that produce GABA as their output are called GABAergic neurons, and have chiefly ______ action at receptors in the adult vertebra.