Chapter 2: Neurobiologic Theories and Psychopharmacology Flashcards
What does the pineal gland influence?
Its an endocrine gland that influences activities of the pituitary gland, islets, parathyroids, adrenals, and gonads
What does the left hemisphere control?
Controls right side of body and is center for logical reasoning and analytic functions like reading, writing, and math
What does the right hemisphere control?
Left side of body. Center for creative thinking, intuition and artistic abilities
Cerebral hemisphere is divided how?
Frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital
Front lobe conrols what?
Organization of thought, body movement, memories, emotions, and moral behavior
Disorders of the Frontal Lobe is associated with what disease?
Schizophrenia, ADHD, and DEmentia
What does the Parietal Lobe interpret?
Sensations of taste and touch and assist with spacial orientation
What does the Temporal Lobe do?
Centers for senses of smell and hearing and for memory and emotional expression
Occipital Lobes do what?
Assist in coordinating language generation and visual interpretation, such as depth perception
What does the cerebellum do?
Center for coordination of mvoements and postural adjustments . Receives information from all over the body
Lack of Dopamine in Cerebellum associated with what?
Lack of smooth coordinated movemenets in diseases like parkinsons and dementia
Brainstem includes what
midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata
What does the medulla control?
Contains vital centers for respiration and cardiovascular functions
What does the pons do?
Serves as a primary motor pathway
What does the medulla oblongata do?
Contains retricular activating system (influences motor activity, sleep, consciousness, awareness) and extrapyramidal system (relays information about movement and coordination from brain to spinal nerves)
What does the limbic system include?
Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Hyppocampus, and Amygdala
What does the Thalamus do?
Regulates activity, sensation and emotion
Hypothalamus does what?
Temperature regulation, appetite control, endocrine function, sexual drive, and impulse behavior with anger and rage
What do the Hypocampus and amygdala do?
Involved in emotional arousal and memory
Disturbances in the limbic system are associated with what mental illnesses?
Memory loss with dementia and poorly controlled emotions and impulses seen with psychotic or manic behavior
What is a synapse?
Gap between the cells . Electrochemical messages cross here by way of special chemical messengers
What are neurotransmitters?
Chemical substances manufactured in neuron that aid in transmission of information throughout body
Where do Neurotransmitters fit?
Fit into specific receptor cels embedded in the membrane of the dendrite
Dopamine MOA
Excitatory
Dopamine Physiologic Effects?
Controls complex movements, motivation, cognition: regulates emotional response
Norepinephrine MOA
Excitatory
Norepinephrine Physiologic Effects
Causes change in attention, learning and memory ,sleep and wakefulness, mood
Epinephrine MOA
Excitatory
Epinephrine Physiologic Effects
Controls fight or flight response
Serotonin MOA
Inhibitory
SErotonin Physiologic Effects
Controls food intake, sleep and wakefulness, temp, pain, sexual behaviors, emotions
Histamine MOA
Neuromodulator
Histmaine Physiologic Effects
Controls alertness, gastric secretions, cardiac stimulation, peripheral allergies
Acetylcholine MOA
Excitatory or Inhibitory
Acetylcholine Physiologic Effects
Controls sleep and wakefullness cycle, signals muscles to become alert
Neuropeptides MOA
NEuromodulators
NEuropeptides Physiologic Effects
Enhance, prolong, inhibit, or limit efects of neurotransmitters
GLutamate MOA
Excitatory
Glutamate Physiologic Effects
REsults in neurotoxicity if levels too high
Y-Aminobutyric Acid MOA
Inhibitory
Y-Aminobutyric Acid Physiologic Effects
Modulates other neurotransmitters
What does Dopamine control?
COmplex movements, motivation, cognition, and regulation of emotional responses
Dopamine is implicted in what disorders?
Schizophrennia and movement disorders like Parkinsons
Antipsychotic medications work how?
By blocking dopamine receptors and reducing dopamine activity
What is the mostprevelent neurotransmitter in the nervous sytem?
Norepinephrine
What does Norepinephrine do?
Plays role in attention, leanring and memory, sleep and wakefulness and mood regulation
Excess Norepinephrine associated with
several anxiety disorders
Deficit of Norepinephrine and Epinephrine may contribute to what?
Memory loss, social withdrawal, and depression
How do some antidepressants work with Norepinephrine and Epinephrine?
BLock reuptake of norepinephrine while others inhibit MAO from metabolizing it
What does Epinephrine control?
Fight or lfight response in peripheral nervous sytem
What does Serotonin control?
Control of food intake, sleep and wakefulness temp regulation, pain control, sexual behavior and regulates emotions
SErotonin is associates with what illness?
Anxiety, mood disorders, schizophrenia
SErotonin has been foudnt ocontribute to what seen in schizophrenia?
Delusions, Hallucinations, and Withdrawn behavior
How to Antidepressants affect SErotonin?
Block serotonin reuptake, staying longer in synapse and improving mood
Some psychotropic drugs block histamine, resulting in
weight gain, sedation, and hypotension
Where is Acetylcholine found?
Brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous sytem.. Particularly at neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscle
Where can Acetylcholine be synthesized from?
Found in red meat and vegetables and found to affect the sleep-wake cycle and signal muscles to become active
What illness are due to acetylcholine?
Alzhemier and Myasthenia Gravis
When can GLutamate be implicated in the brain?
Stroke, hypoglycemia, sustained hypoxia and Huntington or Alzheimer disease
Drugs that increase GABA are and do what?
Benzodiazepines and treat anxiety and induce sleep
What can a CT diagnose?
Primary tumors, metasteses and effusions and to determine size of ventricles (Thsoe with Schizo have enlarged ones)
What is SORL1?
Its a variation in a gene in those with Alzheimers
What are Twin Studies?
Used to compare rate of certin mental illness or traits in monozygotic (identical) and dizygotic (fraternal) twins
What are adoption studies?
Used to determine a trait among biologic veruss adoptive family members
What are family studies?
Used to ocmpared whether a treat is more common amove first-degree relatives than more distant relatives
What is Psychoimmunology?
Examines effect of psychosocial stressors on the body’s immune system . such as someone with an compromised immune system
What is Efficacy?
Refers to maximal therapeutic effect that a drug can achieve
What is Potency?
Amount of drug needed to achieve maximum effect
What are antipsychotic drugs used to treat?
Symptoms of psychosis, such as delusions and hallucinations seen in schizo, schizoaffective disorders, and manic phaase of bipolar
Antipsychotics: Off lab use includes
treatment of anxiety and insomnia, aggressive behavior, and delusions and hallucinations with alzheimers
Antipsychotics: How do these drugs work?
By blocking receptors of the neurotransmitter dopamine
Antipsychotics: These are the primary medical treamtent for what illness?
Schizophrenia and also used in acute mania, psychotic depression and drug-induced psychosis
Antipsychotics: How does this affect Alzhemiers?
Use a low dose for those with psychotic symptoms
Antipsychotics: Benefit for second-generation?
Can increase mortality rates in elderly clients with dementia-related psychosis
Antipsychotics: Short term therapy may be used for what?
transient psychotic symptoms such as those with borderline personality disorder
Antipsychotics: Major action of this drug?
Block receptors for the neurotransmitter.
Antipsychotics: What are dopamine receptors classified into?
D1, D2, D3, D4, D5
Antipsychotics: Which dopamine receptors are associated with illness?
D2, D3, D4
Antipsychotics: First generation drugs are potent antagonists of what?
D2, D3, and D4 but produce many side effects due to D2
Antipsychotics: Newer, second-generation drugs like Clozapien (Clozaril) are weak blockers of what?
D2, resulting in lower side efects
Antipsychotics: What else do second generation drugs inhibit?
Inhibit the reuptke of serotonin, as do some antidepressants, increasing their effectiveness in treating depressive aspects of schizophrenia
Antipsychotics: What are the newest second gen drugs?
Paliperidone (Invega), Iloperidone (Fanapt), Asenapine (Saphris) and Lurasidone (Latuda)
Antipsychotics: What is the difference between Paliperidone (Invega) and Risperidone (Risperdal)?
Extended relase, meaning you only take one time a day
Antipsychotics: How is Asenapine (Saphris) taken?
Sublingually, avoid food or drink 10-15 minutes after med dissolves
Antipsychotics: What do third generation drugs do?
Dopamine system stabilizers. Thought ot stabilize dopamine output . Increase when low and decrease when high
Antipsychotics: What are the third generation drugs?
Aripiprazole (Abilify)
Cariprazine (Vraylar)
Brexpiprazle (Rexulti)
Antipsychotics: What are the third generation drugs used for?
Schizo, Manic Episodes, and Adjunct Medication in both bipolar and depression
Antipsychotics: SIde effects of third generation drugs?
Weight gain, akathisia, headache, anxiety, and nausea
Antipsychotics: What is Depot injection?
A time release form of intramuscular medication for maintenance therapy
Antipsychotics: Decanoate Fluphenazine (Prolixin) duration?
7-28 days
Antipsychotics: Decanoate Haloperidol (Haldol) duration?
4 weeks
Antipsychotics: Once patient condition is stablized with oral condiiton , administration by depot injection required how often?
2-4 weeks to maintian therapeutic effect
Antipsychotics: How do Risperidone (Riseperdal Consta), Paliperidone (Invega Sustenna) and Olanzapine Pamoate (Zyprexa RElprevv) second gen drugs work?
Encapsulate active medicationinto polymer based microspheres tht degrade slowly in the body
Antipsychotics: How often is Risperdal Consta given?
25 mgevery 2 weeks
Antipsychotics: How often is Invega Sustenna given?
117 mg every 4 weeks
Antipsychotics: How often is Zyprexa Relprevv given?
210 mg every 2 weeks or 405 mg every 4 weeks. May cause postinjection delirium/sedation syndrome
Antipsychotics: Signs of postinjection dlirium/sedation syndrome?
Sedation, confusion, disorientation, agitation and cogntiive impairment that leads to ataxia, convulsions, weakness, and hypertension. Must be observed for 3 hours after injection
Antipsychotics: What are Extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)?
Serious neurologic symptoms and side effects of antipsychotic drugs
Antipsychotics: EPS of this drug?
Acute Dystonia, Pseudoparkinsonism and Akathisia
Antipsychotics: What is responsible for the development of EPS?
Blockade of D2 reeptors
Antipsychotics: Which drug rarely causes EPS?
Ziprasidone (GEodon)
Antipsychotics: Geodon is contraindicated in those with?
History of QT prolongation
Antipsychotics: How to treat EPS?
lowering the dose, change to a different drug, or administer anticholinergic meds
Antipsychotics: What is Acute Dystonia?
Acute muscular rigidity and cramping, a stiff or thick tongue, and laryngospasm and respiratory difficulties
Antipsychotics: When is Dystonia most likely to occur?
In the first week of treatment, those <40 and in males and those receiving haloperidol and thiothixene