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Anxiety and anxiolytics Flashcards

1
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What is anxiety?

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a normal, physiological response to threatening situations that serves as a protective function

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What is pathological anxiety?

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concern about stressor is out of proportion to the realistic threat and can occur without exposure to an external stressor

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How many people in the UK are affected by anxiety disorders?

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8 million

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Examples of anxiety disorders?

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Specific phobias, social anxiety, panic disorder, PTSD, OCD, Generalised anxiety disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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length of generalised anxiety disorder?

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6 months

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What are the core symptoms of anxiety disorders?

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Negative cognition, physiology (heart racing etc), avoidance behaviour

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What is negative cognition?

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A bias to interpret unthreatening situations as threatening

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Physiological symptoms of anxiety disorders?

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Racing heart, restlessness, sweating, increased blood pressure

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Part of anxiety disorder that the cortex is involved in?

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negative cognition

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Part of anxiety disorder that hippocampus the is involved in?

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Memory

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Part of anxiety disorder that the amygdala is involved in?

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fear perception

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Part of anxiety disorder that the hypothalamus is involved in?

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Stress responsiveness

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Part of anxiety disorder that the basal ganglia/cerebellum are involved in?

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movement control

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What hormone is released upon the perception of stress?

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Corticotropin releasing hormone

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Which part of the brain releases Corticotropin releasing hormone?

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Hypothalamus

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Where is Corticotropin releasing hormone released onto?

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Pituitary gland

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Which stress related hormone is released by the pituitary gland?

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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

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Where is ACTH released onto?

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The adrenal gland

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What is produced by the adrenal glands in response to ACTH?

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Glucocorticoids, particularly cortisol

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Why is cortisol released in response to stress?

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To give you the energy for the fight or flight response, as it is responsible for metabolism of glucose and lipids

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Where is adrenaline released from in response to stress?

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Adrenal glands

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Which brain area is first used in the fear response and why?

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Thalamus as it deals with sensory stuff

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Which brain area is used after the thalamus in the fear response?

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Amygdala

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Role of amygdala in fear response?

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Switching on amine NTs (noradrenaline etc)

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Role of periaqueductal grey in fear response?

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Innate avoidance behaviour (e.g. stepping back)

26
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Which brain area releases cortisol in response to stress?

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Hypothalamus

27
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Where are most anxiety disorders thought to originate?

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Prefrontal cortex and hippocampus

28
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Why is noradrenaline released in the fear response?

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Need to be hyper aware of your surroundings

29
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Which NTs are implicated in the fear response?

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Serotonin and noradrenaline

30
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Role of GABAa networks?

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Fast inhibition

31
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Treatments of anxiety disorders?

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Beta blockers, benzodiasepines, antidepressants, buspirone

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How do beta blockers work?

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They block beta adrenergic receptors

33
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What symptoms of anxiety do beta blockers target?

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Autonomic systems

34
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SSRI stands for?

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

35
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What specific anxiety type could propranolol (beta blocker) treat?

36
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How does propranolol treat phobias?

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Give patient drug then expose them to thing they’re scared of

37
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What is propranolol thought to work on?

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Hippocampus–> where -ve memories of the thing are removed (positive association forms instead of -ve association)

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How does buspirone work?

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It is a partial agonist at 5-HT1a receptors (turning up inhibition in those neurons)

39
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How do SSRIs work?

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Bind to reuptake transporters, thus boosting levels of serotonin in synapse

40
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What is the preferred treatment for generalized anxiety disorder, PD and PTSD?

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Combined noradrenaline and 5HT uptake blockers

41
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WHat are some combined noradrenaline and 5HT uptake blockers?

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venflaxine, duloxetine

42
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What do benzodiazepines bind to?

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GABAa receptors

43
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Role of GABA?

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Inhibitory NT

44
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What can the binding of drugs to allosteric site on GABAa receptors do?

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Turn up or down gating of CL- ions in the presence of GABA

45
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What is an inverse agonist?

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Something that binds and turns down the receptor

46
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What do benzodiazepine agonists do once bound to GABA?

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Turn up the effects of endogenous GABA

47
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Where on the GABAa receptor do benzodiazepines bind?

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Alpha gamma interface

48
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General structure of benzodiazapines?

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Benzene ring joined to a 7 membered 1,4-diazepine ring (R 1 2 3 5 7 8 are side groups)

49
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What do the R side groups change ab benzodizepine?

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Affinity, intrinsic efficacy, lipophilicity, water solubility

50
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Affinity meaning?

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How likely something is to bind

51
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Intrinsic efficacy meaning?

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The effect of smthn once bound

52
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What is the intrinsic efficacy of a BZ agonist?

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+ve (100%)

53
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What is the intrinsic efficacy of BZ inverse agonists?

54
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What intrinsic efficacy to BZ antagonists have?

55
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What is the intrinsic efficacy of partial or full agonists?

56
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What are full BZ agonists called?

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Positive allosteric modulators

57
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What are full BZ agonists used for?

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Anxiolytic

58
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What are inverse agonists used for?

A

Investigating GABA

59
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Effect of inverse agonists on Cl- flow through GABAa?

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Less chloride flux through the channel so less inhibition

60
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Effect of alcohol on the CNS?

A

Depressant

61
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Effect of alcohol on GABA receptors?

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Causes increase inhibition

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