EX 4 Drugs Used In The CNS

Question 1

Fight or flight

Answer 1

Sympathetic

Question 2

Rest and digest

Answer 2

Parasympathetic

Question 3

7 Major Neurotransmitters

Answer 3

1. Glutamate
2. GABA
3. Serotonin
4. Dopamine.
5. Norepinephrine
6. Acetylcholine
7. Histamine

Question 4

Major excitatory neurotransmitter derived from glucose coupled by sodium (+) channel

Answer 4

Glutamate

Question 5

Function of glutamate

Answer 5

Memory, learning, stress response

Question 6

GABA stands for

Answer 6

Gamma-aminobutyric acid

Question 7

Major inhibitory neurotransmitter derived from glutamate coupled by chloride (-) channel

Answer 7

GABA

Question 8

Serotonin is aka

Answer 8

5-HT (5-hydroxytryptamine)

Question 9

Derived from tryptophan

Answer 9

5-HT

Question 10

Function of 5-HT

Answer 10

1. Thought process
2. Mood, wakefulness, sleep
3. Feeding behavior
4. Control of sensory transmission

Question 11

Usually inhibited by antipsychotics

Answer 11

Dopamine

Question 12

Function of dopamine

Answer 12

1. Motor control (nigrostriatal pathway)
2. Behavioral effect (mesolimbic and mesocortical pathway)
3. Endocrine control (tuberohypophyseal pathway)

Question 13

Derived from tyrosine and manipulated by psychiatric drugs

Answer 13

Norepinephrine

Question 14

Function of NE

Answer 14

1. Arousal and mood
2. Blood pressure regulation
3. Mimic sympathetic activity

Question 15

Derived from choline and acetyl-CoA and binds to muscarinic and nicotinic receptor

Answer 15

Acetylcholine

Question 16

Function of acetylcholine

Answer 16

1. Memory
2. Motor control

Question 17

Function of histamine

Answer 17

Wakefulness (Central receptors)

Question 18

Collective term for 5-ht, dopamine, and ne

Answer 18

Catecholamines

Question 19

Side effects of histamines

Answer 19

Drowsiness

Question 20

Diphenhydramine

Answer 20

A histamine