Psychopharmacology: Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior Tests Bundle

What are the 4 significant membranes and barriers to consider in the absorption of drugs? - Answer capillary wall, cell membranes, blood-brain barrier, and placental barrier How do psychoactive drugs exert their effect? - Answer They do this by altering brain chemicals called neurotransmitter...

How do drugs get into the body. - Answer ADME: absorption distribution metabolism excretion drugs - Answer Chemical compounds administered to bring about some desired change in the body. psychoactive drugs - Answer Substances that act to alter mood, thought, or behavior and are used ...

The specific effect of a particular drug at a particular synapse is largely determined by. - Answer the receptor subtype(s) it binds to Using the dose response curve below, __________ is the most potent drug; ____________ is the least effective drug. - Answer hydromorphine; aspirin In the ...

Absorption - Answer Movement of a drug from the site of administration to the circulatory system. Acute tolerance - Answer Rapid tolerance formed during a single administration of a drug, as is the case with alcohol. Additive effects - Answer Drug interactions characterized by the collec...

Psychoactive - Answer Pertaining to effects on mood, thinking and behavior. Psychoactive drug - Answer A drug that produces effects on mood, thinking and behavior. Psychopharmacology - Answer The scientific study of the effects of on behavior (a union of the fields of Psychology and Pha...

aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) - Answer Enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a carboxyl group from certain amino acids. It is responsible for the conversion of DOPA to DA in catecholaminergic neurons and the conversion of 5-HTP to 5-HT in serotonergic neurons. buspirone (Buspar) - Ans...

What are the four criteria for neurotransmitter (NT) identification? - Answer Chemical (as well as the enzymes responsible for its synthesis and catabolism) must be present in the presynaptic terminal of pathway examined • Chemical must be released from the examined pathway upon electrical an...

Temazepam (Restoril) - Answer psychotropic agent, hypnotic agent Omeprazole (Prilosec) - Answer gastrointestinal agent, antacid/antiulcer Cefdinir (Omnicef) - Answer anti-infective, antibiotic Albuterol (Volmax) - Answer respiratory agent, bronchodilator Risperidone (Risperdal) -...

absorption - Answer Movement of a drug from the site of administration to the circulatory system. acute tolerance - Answer Rapid tolerance formed during a single administration of a drug, as is the case with alcohol. additive effects - Answer Drug interactions characterized by the collec...

active zone - Answer Area along the axon terminal, near the postsynaptic cell, that is specialized for neurotransmitter release. adrenal cortex - Answer Outer portion of the adrenal gland that secretes glucocorticoids. adrenal gland - Answer An endocrine gland that is located above the k...

adrenergic - Answer Adjectival form of adrenaline, also called epinephrine (EPI). May be used broadly to include both NE- and EPI-related features. albuterol (Ventolin) - Answer Drug that selectively stimulates the β-adrenoceptor. It is used in asthma treatments. α-methyl-para-tyrosine (...

aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) - Answer Enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a carboxyl group from certain amino acids. It is responsible for the conversion of DOPA to DA in catecholaminergic neurons and the conversion of 5-HTP to 5-HT in serotonergic neurons. buspirone (Buspar) - Ans...