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NR 546 / NR546 Psychopharmacology Midterm Exam


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1. How does the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) affect the


amygdala?: inhibits and activates the amygdala


2. Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following?:


speech compre- hension


3. The limbic system is associated with which of the following:


emotion and learning


4. Which brain structure is most associated with long term


memory?: hip- pocampus


5. When prescribing psychotropic medications, the PMHNP


,knows that these medications work within which specific


areas?: mood


6. Which of the following are involved in regulating


neurotransmission via ex- citation-secretion coupling?: voltage-


sensitive sodium channels and voltage-sen- sitive calcium channels


7. What system influences the length of time for a drug to


achieve efficacy?: -


signal transduction cascades


8. One of the signal transduction cascades, pass the message


from a first receptor to a second messenger.: G protein linked


systems


9. Human central nervous system communication at synapses is


which of the following?: chemical



,10.Which of the following is an excitatory neurotransmitter?:


glutamate


11.Which statement correctly pairs the pharmacodynamic effect


with its defi- nition?: antagonist effect - drug binds to receptor, but


does not activate a response


12.A major current hypothesis for the cause of schizophrenia


proposes that N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors may be


which of the following? Correct!: hypofunctional


13.Which medication is least associated with weight gain?:


aripiprazole


14.Which dopamine pathway is associated with positive


symptoms of schiz- ophrenia?: mesolimbic pathway


15.Which pathway is associated with negative symptoms?: The



, mesocortical pathway


16.Is part of the extrapyramidal nervous system and


associated with ex- trapyramidal symptoms (EPS):


nigrostriatal pathway


17.This pathway is associated with hyperprolactinemia.: The


tuberoinfundibu- lar pathway


18.A 34-year old male recently began experiencing breast


secretions while receiving risperidone . Which dopamine


pathway is associated with this side effect?: tuberoinfundibular


pathway


19. A 44-year-old woman is initiated on an atypical


antipsychotic for the treatment of schizophrenia. Regarding


affinity, atypical antipsychotics demon-

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