Exam 2 Chapter 4

Question 1

Process used to detect the amount and location of bound radioligand by using a specialized film to create an image of where the radioligand is located within a tissue slice

Answer 1

Autoradiography

Question 2

Looking at effects of drugs by carefully observing behavior

Answer 2

Behavioral Pharmacology

Question 3

Type of learning in which animals learn to respond to obtain rewards and avoid punishment. It explains drug tolerance, when an animal learns to engage in behavior, when under the influence of a drug.

Answer 3

Operant Conditioning

Question 4

Process whereby brain cells are destroyed either by using an electrode to administer a high radio frequency current or by injecting a neurotoxin that kills the cells

Answer 4

Lesioning

Question 5

The greatest advantage of using animals of a human subjects in psychopharmacology research is that

Answer 5

Living conditions such as stress level, diet, exercise, etc. could be precisely controlled

Question 6

____ is a test of analgesia

Answer 6

Tail flick test

Question 7

A new drug might produce effect that increases overall activity, the best way to quantify that in a rat would be the

Answer 7

Open field text

Question 8

A new drug under development is intended to reduce anxiety. Which technique should the drug developers used to test this in rats

Answer 8

Elevated plus maze

Question 9

Scan based on a serious of reconstructed x rays of the brain

Answer 9

CT scan

Question 10

A technique used to determine which part of the brain is active while a person is solving a specific task, such as navigating or completing a puzzle

Answer 10

Positron emission tomography (PET)