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Neurochemistry
Study of neurochemicals and other drugs that influence neuron function
neuropharmacology
Chemicals' effect on the body
Psychopharmocology
Chemicals' affect on the mind
Neurophysiology
Study of the physiology of the nervous system
Drug
Chemical (molecule) that alters biological functions -signaling mechanism for cells to turn on or off some cellular processes
Exogenous
Synthesized outside the body
What is the difference btwn Drugs and Biochemicals
Drugs are exogenous and biochemicals are endogenous
Endogenous
Synthesized inside the body
D + R <--> DR* > biological effect
Drug Receptor binding When a drug binds with a receptor is creates a drug receptor complex
Signal Transduction
Conversion of a signal from outside the cell to a functional change inside the cell
D + E <--> DE* > Biological Effect
Drug enzyme binding When a drug bonds with an enzyme it forms a drug enzyme complex
Depolarized
....
Hyperpolarized
Inhibits use of action potential
Agonist
Drug that mimicks the action of a naturally occurring substance
Antagonist
Drug that blocks a biological effect
Receptors
1) Float in lipid bilayer 2) Not anchored 3) Turnover 4) Span through membrane
Ionotropic Receptor
1) Has ion channel 2) Binding of ligand causes channel to open and ions to flow through Ex. Glutamate receptor
Metabotropic Receptor
1) No ion channel 2) Contains a G protein - Gs (stim) - Gi (Inb) 3) Activates neighboring ionic channel
Binding Site pulls molecules through
Electrostatic force
Ion channels open by
Binding and electrostatic force
Lock and key mechanism
1) Due to electrostatic force 2) Depends on charge 3) Each atom is a different charge and size -- molecule has to compliment receptor
Receptor Subtype
Receptor Subtype
Drug Effect
Downstream effect Ex. Getting high...so it's the effect of the action
Drug Action
Binding; molecular/biochemical action at binding site
Therapeutic effect
Desirable drug effect
Side effect
Undesirable drug effect
Why we have side effects?
Because we use same receptor for many things -due to evolution
Self-medication hypothesis
1) Have a pre-existing condition so you seek out a medication to treat yourself 2) Have a pre-disposed factor - Alcoholic has a deficiency in dopamine so they self medicate
NMDA Receptor Requirements
1) Bind with glutamate 2) Depolarization
Describe what happens when the NMDA receptor is depolarized
Expells Mg+ block and ions (Ca+) flow through
What does the non-NMDA receptor do?
It depolarizes the cell so the neighboring NMDA receptor can open its ion channels
What is required for the non-NMDA receptor to depolarize the cell?
Needs to bind with glutamate
Exitotoxicity
excessive stimulation of receptor by neurotransmitter that is toxic and kills the post synaptic cell
Competitive Binding
A and B compete for the same binding site - presence of B can displace binding of A
Noncompetitive binding
A and B have different binding sites so they do not displace each other
Affinity
Attraction Also indicator if it is reversible or not
Reversibility
Drug binding is temporary. It can bind and unbind.
Selectivity (specificity)
Selective to certain receptors
Efficacy
Effect or maximum response achievable from a drug
Potency
concentration of dosage
Dose
Amount of drug used
Dosage
Amount of drug per body weight
Dose response curve
Graph that plots the relationship btwn dosage and population response to that drug
Effective dosage (ED50)
Effective dosage in which 50% of the population experiences desirable effects
Neurotransmitter
released from a neuron to target cell (through synapse)
Neurohormone
Release chemicals into blood stream then carried to target cell
Hormone
Released from secondary cell to blood stream then to target cell
Which is more selective drugs or neurotransmitters?
Drugs
Adenosine
Has a feedback mechanism. The more a neuron fires the more adenosine is released
What does Anandamine bind with
Cannabinoid receptor
Characteristics of Anandamine
1) Natural neurotransmitter 2) Unstable (released on demand)
Dopamine families have similar
Genetic sequence
What acts on the GABAa receptor?
Alcohol
What acts on the GABAb receptor?
GHB (anti-epileptic drug; street: dape rape)
Glycine
Inhibitory neurotransmitter
Glutamate
1) Excitotoxicity 2) Glu blocker -drug induced coma to prevent excitotoxicity
Histamine
more of a neuromodulator
Norepinephrine
1) Has alpha and beta receptors 2) similar to epinephrine 3) Beta blockers blick the exitability of norepenepherine and slows down the heart.
Opiod
Multiple functions (pain killer, activates pleasure, etc) -endorphins -endogenous opiod
Serotonin
1) One of the oldest neurotransmitters 2) Regulated with well being of animal 3) Estrogen modulates serotonin sensitivity (more=increases)
Electrical synapse
Only excitatory (depolarize)
Chemical synapse
Excitatory and inhibatory (hyperpolorize)
MAOI
1)monoamine oxidase inhibitor 2) Enzyme blocker (blocks enzymes from passing synapse
Toxic Dosage
Dosage that beings to have undesirable effects
TD50
50% of populations has undesirable effect
Lethal dosage
Dosage that kills
LD50
50% of population dies
Therapeutic index
Ratio of the dose that produces toxicity to the dose that produces a clinically desired effect in a pop of individuals -measure of how safe a drug is with respect to the toxic dosage
What is a safe TI?
Greater than 1
What is an unsafe TI?
= or less than 1 (because that means there is overlap between the toxic and effective dosage)
The wider the dose response curve the more...
Variablility
The slope in a dose response curve indicaties
Variablity
What does a shift of the dose response curve to the right indicate?
Drug becomes less potent and it takes more of the drug to get the same effect
What does a shift to the left indicate
Drug is more potent
Full agonist
Maximum effect
Partial agonist
Has partial efficacy in relation to full agonist
Inverse agonist
Decreases effect; opposite effect of agonist
Full antagonist
Implies presence of another drug, completely blocked
Partial Antagonist
Partially blocks (looks like a partial agonist)
Antagonist
Renders original drug useless
Example of Antagonist
Morphine: blocks opiod receptor Naloxone: block's morphine's affect
Acupuncture
Releases endorphines
Endorphines
Block pain; endogenous morphine
How do you test acupunture?
Use Naloxone
Methadone
Partial agonist opiod
Dissociative anesthetics
Block emotional pain (suffering), but physical pain is still felt Used during post-op
Suffering
How much you can tolerate pain
PCP: blocks NMDA receptor where
PCP: blocks NMDA receptor where
What is the disembodiment experience that PCP creates
What is the disembodiment experience that PCP creates
DXM (dextromethorphine)
Partial agonist to PCP In cough suppressants
Depressant
Decreases exitability
Effects of CNS suppressant
1) Normal 2) Relief from anxiety 3) Disihibition 4) Sedation 5) Hypnosis 6) General Anesthesia 7) Coma 8) Death
Is MAO selective or non-selective
Non-selective
What is a side effect of MAO?
Blocks tyramine, an enzyme of fermented cheese products which can be toxic if you eat any dairy products. Cause an increase in blood pressure
MAOI (inhibitor)
Breaks down any monoamine
SSRI
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
What does the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis regulate?
Stress, digestive and immune system
In HPA axis what happens with CRF and NGF?
CRF decreases NGF
Cotical releasing factor
Cotical releasing factor
What does NGF stand for?
Nerve growth factor
Criteria for unconcious
No response to stimulus
Normal respiratory response when Oxygen level decreases
Chemo receptors in the medulla (CSF) sense the drop in oxygen and pH receptors monitor CO2. Respiratory center in the medulla increases the breathing rhythm and oxygen increases.
Respiratory response under CNS depressant
Decrease firing of the neurons in the medulla Decrease in respiratory rhythm Decrease in O2 Greater decrease of neurons in medulla Respiratory arrest Stop breathing GHB binds to GABA receptor and shuts down respiration
Fate of drug
Route of absorption Absorption and distribution Binding to the target site Inactivation Excretion
Path of Oral administration
Goes through GI tract via stomach and small intestine then absorbed in to blood stream
What is the rate limiting step in Oral administration
Gastric emptying
How long is the delay of absorption on an empty stomach
30 min
How long is the delay of absorption on a full stomach
2 hours
What is the vomiting center?
Medulla: If concentration of drug is too high, it triggers vomiting
What senses the blood alcohol concentration in the medulla?
Chemo receptors in the cerebro spinal fluid
What is Vestibular ocular reflex?
compensatory eye movement in rotation If you rotate to the left, eyes will rotate right to fix the gaze
Sublingual administration
Drug is dissolved through the mucous membranes in the mouth and absorbed into the blood stream
Topical Application
Topical Application
Subcutaneous injection
Injection under the skin
IV: intravenous injection
Injection into the vein It's fast but susceptible to aspectic condition (infection) Rate dependant on rate of injection
Intramuscular (IM)
Injection into the muscle Can cause Vasodilation (which increases absorption) and vasoconstrictioin (which decreases absorption)
Intraperitoneal (IP)
Injection of a substance into the peritoneal (body cavity)
Inhalation - Through the lungs
Goes to the lungs and absorbed through the alvealor sacs Faster than and IV because it goes from the lung staight to the aorta
Atomize
Make into smaller particles through vaporizing so you can inhale it
Inhalation through mucous membrane
Snorting Vasoconstrictor: will make you lose cartilage in nose
pH of Gastric juice
2-3
pH of small intestine
5-6.6
pH of blood
7.4
pH of urine
4.5-7
less lipid soluable and less absorption
less lipid soluable and less absorption
Asprin in water is
More ionized b/c it has to ionize itself to dissociate more, so it's less soluble and absorbs less
Asprin in acid
Is less ionized b/c the acid steals the electrons so it doesn't have to ionize itself, it's more soluble and absorbs easier
Half life
The amount of time it takes to decrease the initial concentration by half
Steady state therapeutic level
Amount of drug going in is the same as the amount of drug getting taken out
Steady state therapeutic level
Factors that influence drug (absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination)
Pharmacokinetics
Factors that influence drug (absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination)
Pharmacodynamics
Drug-receptor interactions
Drug metabolism
Drug-molecule modification.
2 types of drug metabolism
Synthetic and non synthetic
Type of synthetic rxn
Conjugation: coupling of drug molecules
COOH
COOH
Hydroxyl
OH
Amino
NH2
Sulfhydryl
SH
Non-synthetic rxn
Biotransformation: transform drug molecule into diff drug molecule
Types of biotransformation
oxidation, reduction, hydrolysis
Therapeutic drug monitoring
How you find out the concentration that is affected
Depot binding
binding with silent receptors that soak up drug as a buffer
Disadvantage of Depot binding
Diminishes concentration at target site
Advantage of depot binding
releases drug from silent receptors long after drug was administered
Drug tolerance (types)
Bx tolerance and pharmocological tolerance
Types of pharmocological tolerance
Metabolic and cellular
Metabolic tolerance
There's an increased number of enzymes with chronic exposure to a drug
Metabolic reverse tolerance
liver starts to fail. There is a decrease in enzymes and a decrease in metabolism. Chronically drunk.
cellular adaptation pharmocodynamic tolerance
when the receptor adapts to continuous presence of drug, the cell responds by increasing or decreasing the number of receptors
Up regulation
Increase number of receptors
Down regulation
decrease number of receptors
Sensitization
Up regulation increased effects of drug reverse tolerance
Tolerance
Down regulation decrease effects of drug
Cross tol
...
cross interaction
Build tolerance to drugs that act on same receptor
Bx tolerence
Learned association btwn the effects of the drug an the environment
Drug taking bx processes
Set: mindset and Setting: environment
State dependent learning
Learn differently in different states and environments
Adaptation: sensitization
Become sensitized if stimulus is noxious
Adaptation: desensitization
Tolerance/habituation if stimulus is non-noxious
How many stimuli does adaptation require
1
How many stimuli does conditioning require
2
US
Unconditioned stimulus: food
CS
Conditioned stimlus: bell
UR
Unconditioned response: salivate to food
CR
Conditioned response: salivate to bell
Substituted reinforcer
Nucleus acumbus Ventral tegmental area Pre frontal cortex
Nuclus Acumbus
Reward center
Ventral tegmental area
Motivation
Nucleus acumbus
Decisions
Excrete drugs through
Kidneys, skin, sweat, lungs, etc.
Long term potentiation
Strengthen synapse
Long term depression
Weaken synapse
Extinction
Stop reinforcing and bx stops
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Timing dependent synapse plasticity
Secondary trauma stress disorder
Witness the trauma, feel empathy
Operant conditioning
Self learning w/out a teacher
Classical conditioning
Supervised learning with a teacher
Learned helplessness
stop avoiding shock
In group vs. out group
ppl will do anything to protect the in-group if you're in the outgroup they don't care to protect you.
Moral dilemma
Conflict: Have to choose between two things that oppose each other and are both unwanted
Scheduled reinforcement
FR FI VR VI
Fixed ratio
Reward every 10 times
Fixed interval
Reward every 10 seconds
Variable ratio
Reward every 10 times on average
Variable interval
Reward every 10 seconds on average
Differential Reinforcement of Low-rate of Responding schedule (DRL)
You train animal to wait certain time in bar press test and add another condition. If animal presses early time starts over. Time exceeded=reinforced Monitors ability to tell time elapsed and know that no action is allowed b4 timer expires.

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