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NR 546 Advanced Pharmacology Psychopharmacology

for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Midterm Exam




1. Which of the following is considered the pleasure center of the brain?

A. Cortico-striatal-thalamic-cortical loop

B. Mesolimbic dopamine pathway

C. Mesocortical dopamine pathway

D. None of the above

:Ans>> B. Mesolimbic dopamine pathway

2. A 35-year-old cigarette smoker would like to quit but is nervous because she

typically craves a cigarette approximately every 2 hrs. The craving and withdrawal

,are due to :Ans>>

A. Desensitization of nicotinic receptors

B. Resensitization of nicotinic receptors

C. Desensitization of muscarinic receptors

D. Resensitization of muscarinic receptors

:Ans>> D. Resensitization of muscarinicreceptors

3. The reactive reward system signals the immediate prospect of pleasure orpain

and triggers drug-seeking behavior.

A. True

B. False

:Ans>> True

4. What role does the amygdala play in substance abuse?

A. Releases phasic bursts of dopamine to the nucleus accumbens when drugsof abuse

are present

B. Communicates to the ventral tegmental area when cues related to drugs ofabuse

are present

C. Site of binding for most drugs of abuse

D. A and B

,E. A, B, and C

:Ans>> B. Communicates to the ventral tegmental area when cues relatedto drugs of

abuse are present

5. A 45-year-old patient has tried unsuccessfully to quit smoking several times over the

past ten years. Nicotine's actions at which receptors are considered primarily

responsible for its reinforcing effects?

A. Alpha 4 beta 2 postsynaptic receptors in the ventral tegmental area

B. Alpha 7 postsynaptic receptors in the prefrontal cortex C. A and B

D. Neither A nor B

:Ans>> A. Alpha 4 beta 2 postsynaptic receptors in the ventral tegmentalarea

6. A 35-year-old cigarette smoker would like to quit but is nervous because she

typically craves a cigarette approximately every 2 hrs. The craving and withdrawal

are due to

:Ans>>

A. Desensitization of nicotinic receptors

B. Resensitization of nicotinic receptors

C. Desensitization of muscarinic receptors

,D. Resensitization of muscarinic receptors

B. Resensitization of nicotinic receptor

:Ans>> B. Resensitization of nicotinic receptors

7. A 44-year-old patient has schizophrenia and comorbid alcohol abuse disor- der.

Alcohol has what effect on GABA and glutamate in the ventral tegmentalarea?

A. Increases GABA and decreases glutamate

B. Increases both GABA and glutamate

C. Decreases GABA and increases glutamate

D. Decreases both GABA and glutamate

:Ans>> A. Increases GABA and decreasesglutamate

8. A 26-year-old patient with ADHD has recently entered a drug rehabilitationcenter

following arrest for possession of cocaine. The cocaine use in this patient may be an

attempt at self-medication for ADHD symptoms because

it inhibits the dopamine transporter (but is not itself taken up into the neuron by the

transporter). Thus, cocaine has the same action at the dopamine trans- porter as

:Ans>>

A. Cocaine has the same actions at the dopamine transporter as amphetamine

B. Cocaine has the same actions at the dopamine transporter as

,methylphenidate

C. A and B

:Ans>> B. Cocaine has the same actions at the dopamine transporter as

methylphenidate

9. Patrick is a 22-year-old male who recently experienced a psychotic-like episode

after trying MDMA ("ecstasy") while at a party. A key binding site forhallucinogens is

the

:Ans>>

A. GABA-A receptor

B. Cannabinoid 1 receptor

C. Serotonin 2A receptor

D. Serotonin 2C receptor

:Ans>> C. Serotonin 2A receptor

10. 29-year-old patient is morbidly obese and reports that he is "addicted

to food". Hunger circuitry is connected to reward circuitry via dopaminergic

projections from the hypothalamus to the nucleus accumbens.

A. True

B. False

, :Ans>> A. True

11. Examples of neurotransmitters produced specifically as retrograde neu-

rotransmitters (i.e., those that communicate from postsynaptic neuron to

presynaptic neuron) include

:Ans>>

A. GABA

B. Galanin

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