Deck 3- Central Nervous System Drugs Flashcards

1
Q

It impedes the entry of drugs into the brain.

A

Blood brain barrier

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2
Q

Treatment for absence, a typical absence seizure.

A

Clonazepam

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3
Q

What are the most commonly prescribed anticonvulsant drug?

A

Phenytoin

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4
Q

Which disease or disorder results when the neurons in the brain that produce dopamine die?

A

Parkinson’s disease

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5
Q

What is the meaning of ADHD?

A

Attention deficit/ hyperactive disorder

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6
Q

Characterized by falling asleep during normal walking activities or unable to move.

A

Narcolepsy

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7
Q

It is treatment for narcolepsy.

A

Modafinil

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8
Q

A group of disorder characterized by excessive excitability of neurons in the CNS?

A

Epilepsy

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9
Q

This is a treatment for respiratory depression caused by drug overdose and COPD.

A

Doxapram

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10
Q

A drug that can block for ACh.

A

Anticholinergic agents

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11
Q

What is the abnormal phenomenon?

A

Convulsion

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12
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It is general term that applies to all types of epileptics event.

A

Seizure

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13
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What type of seizure that excitation undergoes limited spread from the focus to adjacent cortical areas.

A

Partial seizure

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14
Q

What type of seizure that excitation spread widely throughout both hemispheres of the brain.

A

Generalized seizure

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15
Q

Defined as involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscle group.

A

Muscle spasm

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16
Q

Relax skeletal muscles by disrupting the transmission of nerve impulses at the motor end plate.

A

Neuromuscular blocking drugs

17
Q

It is used to prevent muscle injury during ECT.

A

Non depolarizing agent

18
Q

Process by which information is carried across the gap between neuron and postsynaptic cell.

A

Synaptic transmission

19
Q

Conducting an action potential down the axon of the neuron.

A

Axonal conduction

20
Q

Characteristic withdrawal syndrome occurs within 1 hr to several days after cessation of substances use.

A

Opioid addiction