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NSG 552- psychopharmacology Quiz #1 Questions With Answers 100% Correct The relay station for sensory information: Thalamus Essential for maintaining homeostasis, controls basic needs such as sleep- wake cycles: Hypothalamus This lobe is involved in executive functioning, high order planning...

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NSG 552- psychopharmacology Quiz #1
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The relay station for sensory information: Thalamus




Essential for maintaining homeostasis, controls basic needs such as sleep- wake cycles:

Hypothalamus




This lobe is involved in executive functioning, high order planning, speech and motivation:

Frontal Lobe/ Prefrontal cortex




Derived from Tryptophan and made in the Ralphe Nuclei: Serotonin




Made in the Locus Ceruleus and involved in the noradrenergic pathways: Norepinephrine




90% of serotonin receptors are found in the: GI tract




Produced in the V.T.A. (Reward Pathway) and involved in the four major pathways:

Dopamine

, NSG 552- psychopharmacology Quiz #1
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Dopamine inhibits prolactin in this pathway: Tuberoinfundibular




Increase dopamine in this pathway is associated with positive symptoms: Mesolimbic

Pathway




Decrease dopamine in this pathway is associated with negative symptoms: Mesocortical

Pathway




Decrease dopamine in this pathway produces motor symptoms: Nigrostriatal Pathway




Main inhibitory neurotransmitter that induces calmness and relaxation: Gamma-

aminobutyric acid (GABA), Off switch




Main excitatory neurotransmitter: Glutamate, On Switch




Major organ that breaks down drugs in the body: Liver

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Electrolyte imbalance commonly associated with psychotropic medication use:

Hyponatremia




The time needed to clear 50% if drugs from the plasma: Half-life




The process of becoming desensitized and less responsive to a particular medication dose

overtime necessitating an increase: Tolerance




A ration describing toxic dose to effective dose: Therapeutic Index




A chemical that binds to a receptor to produce a biologic response: Agonist




A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not fully activate the receptor: Partial Agonist




A chemical that binds to a receptor, blocking it to inhibit a biologic response: Antagonist




An agent that binds to the same receptor as an agonist but induces an opposite biological

response: Inverse Agonist

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