Nr546 Psychopharm Midterm / Nr 546 Psychopharm Midterm EXAM 2024
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Nr546 Psychopharm Midterm / Nr 546 Psychopharm Midterm EXAM 2024
A 34-year old male recently began experiencing breast secretions while receiving risperidone . Which dopamine pathway is associated with this side effect? - ANSWER-tuberoinfundibular pathway
A 44-year-old woman is initiated on an at...
Nr546 Psychopharm
Midterm / Nr 546
Psychopharm Midterm
EXAM 2024
A 34-year old male recently began experiencing breast secretions while receiving
risperidone . Which dopamine pathway is associated with this side effect? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-tuberoinfundibular pathway
A 44-year-old woman is initiated on an atypical antipsychotic for the treatment of
schizophrenia. Regarding affinity, atypical antipsychotics demonstrate which of the
following most often? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Atypical antipsychotics have equal
positive symptom antipsychotic actions and low extrapyramidal symptoms.
,What antipsychotics have a black box warning in childen? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Aripiprazole and Quetiapine increases the risk of suicide
What are some Negative symptoms? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Affective flattening
Alogia
Anhedonia
Amotivation
Asociality
What are some positive symptoms? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Hallucinations
Delusions
Thought disorder
Hostility
Excitability
What are the three major hypotheses of pychosis? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-The
Dopamine theory, the Glutamate theory, and the serotonin theory.
What area of the brain is associated with aggressive, impulsive symptoms? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Orbitofrontal and connections to the amygdala
A group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
basal ganglia
, A group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements, cognition, and
emotion. Movement disorders include Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive
disorder (OCD), and Tourette syndrome. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Basal ganglia
A group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements, cognition, and
emotion. movement disorders include Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive
disorder (OCD), and Tourette syndrome. The striatum is a group of structures that
includes the caudate, putamen, and nucleus accumbens. The dorsal striatum
contains the caudate nucleus and the putamen. The ventral striatum contains the
nucleus accumbens. Both are involved in facilitating voluntary movement. -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Basal Ganglia
A major current hypothesis for the cause of schizophrenia proposes that N-methyl-
d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors may be which of the following?
Correct! - ✔✔✔ANSWER-hypofunctional
am also a monoamine neurotransmitter and I serve many functions in the human
body. Do you remember learning about flight, fight, or fright? That's me, in excess.
A little of me can get you up off the couch and have you alert, oriented, and ready
to take on life's challenges. I can really help with focus and productivity which is
why you see me with a cup of coffee. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Norepinephrine
amino acid and THE excitatory neurotransmitter. I've been referred to as the
workhorse of the brain because I can affect almost every neuron in the brain. I'm
quite the firecracker. You'll find me working hard all over the brain affecting
energy, memory, learning, and neural plasticity. I also work to relay sensory
information and regulate spinal and motor reflexes. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-glutamate
amino acid that acts as the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter, and decrease
neuroexcitability across the brain. This neurotransmitter help people relax,
destress, and get some sleep - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Gaba
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