is there a list of receptors and what they do? (For example, agonizing Norepinephrine Receptor causes weight lose, tremor, nervousness, and so on... Or, agonizing Ach will give you salivation, urination, diarhea and so on...)
I have a hard time collecting this info by pieces from different books (I have looked through few of them) and my class notes. So, if there is something on the INternet that you know of will you please let me know.
A different approach could be making a list of
substances, such as Norepinepherine, Acetylcholine, etc. with the list of actions they produce (when they interact w/their receptor sites). It's not as much about the receptor site as it is about the substance.
The problem comes in when you hide (cover up) a receptor site, or when there is competition between 2 substances for the same receptor site (or metabolic entity).
Like, did u guys get the riddles for anitcholinergics like:
dry as a bone, red as a beet, blind as a bat? there's another one in there that I forgot. That's how we were taught them eons ago.
There should be animal labs that help to understand all this stuff too, it's a lot of material, and it's a lot of studying. The labs really helped b/c u c the animal going through the symptoms so it's easier to remember for exams & 4 pt. care.
Another way to "think" is to consider the effects in "body systems" such as:
Stimulates the nervous system (rather than memorizing tremors, nervousness, and each symptom of a stimulated nervous system). This type of thought process will come in handy throughout the study of physiology and pathology.
