Neurotransmitters Review

Edit Answers
12345678910111213
Across
  1. 6. increases motivation and sense of feeling rewarded​
  2. 7. responsible for muscle contractions, slows heart rate​
  3. 8. regulates sleep, calms your body​
  4. 10. increases heart rate, energy, alertness, and blood pressure​
  5. 12. one of the two neurotransmitters lacking for people with depression
  6. 13. neurotransmitters that work by telling the next neuron to stop carrying the message
Down
  1. 1. responsible for learning, memory, movement
  2. 2. neurotransmitters that work by telling the next neuron to keep carrying the message
  3. 3. increases heart rate and breathing rate, strength/physical performance/energy, fight/flight in response to danger​
  4. 4. stabilizes mood, increases feelings of well-being and happiness​
  5. 5. Fill in the blank: Neurotransmitters are [chemical/electrical] messages sent by neurons
  6. 9. decreases feelings of pain
  7. 11. the other neurotransmitter lacking for people with depression