Final Exam: NU664C/ NU 664C (Latest 2024/
2025 Update) Family Psychiatric Mental
Health I Guide| Qs & As| Grade A| 100%
Correct (Verified Answers)- Regis
Q: Neuroanatomy
Answer:
neurotransmitters, brain plasticity, epigenetics, major areas of the brain such as the amygdala,
prefrontal cortex, hypothalamus
Q: Dopamine
Answer:
responsible for drive, motivation, and reward, inhibition of prolactin, controls motor (imbalance
causes Parkinson's, extapyramidal symptoms)
Q: Serotonin
Answer:
satisfaction, sociality, lowers anxiety and impulsivity, decreases sex drive, 90% serotonin in GI
tract
-Too much- bleeding, GI motility, nausea
- Zofran blocks serotonin
Q: Norepinephrine
,Answer:
concentration, attention, vigilance, energy, tachycardia, HTN, glucose to essential organs
-Fear increases NE to brain, epinephrine to blood
-Fight or flight
Q: Glutamate
Answer:
being "on", excitatory (think gluta-MATE mating)
Q: GABA
Answer:
being "off", inhibitory, relaxation, euphoria, decreases muscle activity, slows breathing,
decreases anxiety and seizures (think gabapentin)
Q: Acetylcholine
Answer:
bradycardia, GI motility, salivation, lacrimation, urination, sexual arousal, muscle contraction
- In the hippocampus- learning, memory, awakeness, attention
Q: Histamine
Answer:
Hayfever
Itching
, Sleeping
Think Benedryl helps with theses (ANTIhistamine)
Q: Limbic System
Answer:
· emotion
• Amygdala
· Almond shape
· Found in temporal lobe
· Part of limbic system
· Processes fearful/anxious emotions and positive stimuli
·Emotional memories
Q: Prefrontal cortex
Answer:
Decision making
Planning
Personality
Will to live
Expression
Social behavior
Q: Hippocampus
Answer:
Memory
Involved in depression and Alzheimer's
