Ch 13 CNS

Question 1

Tranquilizer

Answer 1

low dose calm

high dose sedate

Question 2

sedative

Answer 2

depress behavior and diminish excitability without sleep

Question 3

hypnotic

Answer 3

light sleep the animal can be aroused from

Question 4

narcotic

Answer 4

animal cant be easily aroused

Question 5

anesthetic

Answer 5

deep sleep no sensation

Question 6

What do all CNS depressants have in common

Answer 6

capacity to produce additive or synergistic effects with other CNS depressants

Question 7

2 CNS depression pathways

Answer 7

Ketamine

Diazepam

Question 8

Ketamine

Answer 8

antagonism of the excitatory neurotransmitter GLU
Not a barbiturate
anesthetic

Question 9

Diazepam

Answer 9

sedative-tranquilizer
benzodiazepine
enhance inhibition of GABA

Question 10

Monoamines

Answer 10

do not cross BBB

can act as peripheral transmitters or only in CNS

Question 11

Catecholamines

Answer 11

excitatory transmitters
may activate or inhibit receptors
May inhibit CA elimination process

Question 12

drugs that inhibit CNS catecholamine

Answer 12

depress CNS function

Question 13

Drugs that enhance CNS catecholamines

Answer 13

facilitate CNS function