Psychopharmacology Drugs The Brain And Behavior
4th Edition
By Jerry Meyer Latest Update.
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 2
CHAPTER 2: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ............................................................ 13
CHAPTER 3: CHEMICAL SIGNALING BY NEUROTRANSMITTERSAND HORMONES ...................................... 24
CHAPTER 4: METHODS OF RESEARCH IN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY .............................................................. 35
CHAPTER 5: CATECHOLAMINES ................................................................................................................................ 48
CHAPTER 6: SEROTONIN .............................................................................................................................................. 61
CHAPTER 7: ACETYLCHOLINE .................................................................................................................................... 73
CHAPTER 8: GLUTAMATE AND GABA ...................................................................................................................... 84
CHAPTER 9: DRUG ABUSE AND ADDICTION ........................................................................................................... 95
CHAPTER 10: ALCOHOL .............................................................................................................................................. 107
CHAPTER 11: THE OPIOIDS ......................................................................................................................................... 118
CHAPTER 12: PSYCHOMOTOR STIMULANTS: COCAINE AND THEAMPHETAMINES ................................... 132
CHAPTER 13: NICOTINE AND CAFFEINE ................................................................................................................. 149
CHAPTER 14: MARIJUANA AND THE CANNABINOIDS ........................................................................................ 161
CHAPTER 15: HALLUCINOGENS, PCP, AND KETAMINE ...................................................................................... 174
CHAPTER 16: INHALANTS, GHB, AND ANABOLIC–ANDROGENICSTEROIDS ................................................ 186
CHAPTER 17: DISORDERS OF ANXIETY AND IMPULSIVITY AND THEDRUGS USED TO TREAT THESE
DISORDERS .................................................................................................................................................................... 198
CHAPTER 18: AFFECTIVE DISORDERS:ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND MOOD STABILIZERS ............................. 212
CHAPTER 19: SCHIZOPHRENIA:ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS .................................................................................. 225
CHAPTER 20: NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS .............................................................................................. 239
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PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, FOURTH EDITION
MEYER • QUENZER
CHAPTER 1: PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. REFER(S) TO SPECIFIC MOLECULAR CHANGES THAT OCCUR
WHEN A DRUG BINDS TO A PARTICULAR TARGET SITE OR RECEPTOR,
WHILE ARE THE RESULTING WIDESPREAD ALTERATIONSIN
FUNCTION.
a. DRUG ACTION; THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS
b. SIDE EFFECTS; DRUG EFFECTS
c. THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS; SIDE EFFECTS
d. DRUG ACTION; DRUG EFFECTS
ANSWER:: D
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF DRUG ACTION
2. AFTER DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS OCCURRED, THE AMOUNT OF
DRUG IN THE BLOOD THAT IS FREETO BIND AT SPECIFIC TARGET SITES
IS REFERRED TO AS
a. THE THERAPEUTIC DOSE.
b. FIRST-PASS EFFECTS.
c. BIOAVAILABILITY.
d. ED50.
ANSWER:: C
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
3. THE SPECIFIC MOLECULAR CHANGES THAT OCCUR WHEN A DRUG
BINDS TO A PARTICULAR TARGETSITE OR RECEPTOR ARE REFERRED
TO AS
a. DRUG EFFECTS.
b. DRUG ACTION.
c. SIDE EFFECTS.
d. PLACEBO EFFECTS.
ANSWER:: B
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF DRUG ACTION
4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR PLACEBO EFFECTS?
a. PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING
b. GENETIC VARIATION
c. DRUG COMPETITION
d. EXPECTATION OF OUTCOME
ANSWER:: C
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF DRUG ACTION
, 5. THE ADMINISTRATION OF OXYTOCIN HAS BEEN PROPOSED AS A TREATMENT
FOR AUTISM.
a. INTRAVENOUS
b. ORAL
c. INTRANASAL
d. INTRACEREBRAL
ANSWER:: C
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
6. WHICH FACTOR DOES NOT AFFECT THE PHARMACOKINETICS OF A DRUG?
a. ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION
b. LIPID SOLUBILITY
c. DEPOT BINDING
d. DRUG ACTION
ANSWER:: D
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
7. FIRST-PASS METABOLISM OCCURS WHEN DRUGS ARE TAKEN
a. ORALLY.
b. INTRAVENOUSLY.
c. SUBCUTANEOUSLY.
d. NASALLY.
ANSWER:: A
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
8. THE AREA POSTREMA IS ONE AREA IN THE BRAIN WHERE THE IS NOT COMPLETE.
a. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
b. BLOOD–BRAIN BARRIER
c. CHOROID PLEXUS
d. PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE
ANSWER:: B
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
9. FIRST-PASS METABOLISM OCCURS WITH ORALLY ADMINISTERED DRUGS BECAUSE
a. THEIR ABSORPTION IS SLOWED BY FOOD.
b. DRUGS ABSORBED INTO THE BLOODSTREAM FROM THE STOMACH
GO TO THE LIVER ON THE WAYTO GENERAL CIRCULATION.
c. DRUGS MUST FIRST SURVIVE THE ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT OF THE STOMACH.
d. SALIVARY ENZYMES IN THE MOUTH BEGIN THE PROCESS OF METABOLISM.
ANSWER:: B
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
10. TOXIC SUBSTANCES IN THE BLOOD TRIGGER A VOMITING RESPONSE BY ACTIVATING
THE
a. BLOOD–BRAIN BARRIER.
b. CHOROID PLEXUS.
c. AREA POSTREMA.
d. MEDIAN EMINENCE.
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