Crossword Puzzle: Cell Signaling Disorders

5. More common form of diabetes - Increasing in prevalence in the western world
6. If no ligand is present to bind a receptor, this fails to occur, leading to impaired cellular responses.
7. A neurochemical responsible for regulating movement, mood, and reward processing.
10. This region of the pancreas contains beta cells that produce insulin.
11. A hormone that helps regulate blood sugar levels by allowing glucose to enter cells.
13. Dopamine acts as a_________________, sending signals between nigra and the corpus striatum.

1. This type of diabetes occurs when the body's immune system attacks insulin-producing beta cells.
2. In Type 2 diabetes, this process occurs when insulin receptors stop responding effectively to insulin.
3. A disease where dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra die, leading to tremors and movement difficulties.
4. If _________________was released constantly muscles would move all the time
8. In Connexin-26 mutation, _______ ion recycling is disrupted.
9. A type of chemical signaling in which messages are sent over long distances using the bloodstream.
12. A condition caused by damage to the myelin sheath, slowing or blocking electrical signals in the nervous system.