Central Nervous System Drugs

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Nueropharmacology

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the area of pharmacology concerned with how medications affect the nervous system.

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Blood Brain Barrier

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Tolerance

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A decreased responsiveness that develops from prolonged drug usage

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Physical Defense

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Condition in which abruptly stopping drug use will cause a withdrawal syndrome

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Axonal Conduction

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action potential transmission through the neuron’s axon

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Synaptic Transmission

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the method through which information is transferred between a neuron and a post-synaptic cell

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Narcolepsy

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a neurological disease that alters the patterns of sleep and waking. characterized by excessive daytime drowsiness and a potential for unexpected tiredness during any activity

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ADHD

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Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder

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Dopaminergic

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causing the release of or involving the neurotransmitter dopamine. Parkinson’s disease and a few other endocrine diseases are also treated with medications that have this effect.

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Daxapram

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Treatment of Respiratory depression

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Anticholinergic Agents

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Drugs that block receptors for ACh

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Analeptics: Xanthine

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Stimulate Respiration

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Modafinil

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Treatment of Narcolepsy

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Bradykinesia

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Slow movement

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Petit mal seizure

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A mild form of epilepsy unconciousness without loss of posture

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Seizure

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Term used to refer to all forms of epileptic incident

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Convulsion

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motor phenomenon that is abnormal

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Phenyton

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Seizures can be prevented and controlled using phenytoin (also called an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug). It functions by lessening the brain’s ability to disseminate seizure activity.

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Generalized Seizures

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happens when the unusual electrical activity that causes a seizure starts at the same period in both hemispheres of the brain.

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CNS

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Central Nervous System