Final Review Flashcards
When can the FDA ban products?
only post-market
What is responsible for acetylcholine projections?
nucleus basalis of Meynert
What does an EEG look at?
cerebral cortex
What splits acetylcholine into two inactive parts?
acetylcholinesterase
What is dopamine involved with?
reward and motor activity
what route of administration absorbs a drug slowly over time?
dermal
enzyme induction
when levels of alcohol dehydrogenase, which breaks down alcohol. would elevate over time, meaning you’d need to drink more to feel more effects
a drug is most likely to kill you if it inhibits what part of the brain?
hippocampus
Psychoactive drugs metabolism
metabolites themselves may be psychoactive
CYP-450 Enzymes
liver enzymes that metabolize most drugs
primary metabolite
result of the first round of metabolism
glutamate
neurotransmitter that is always excitatory
withdrawal from alcohol causing seizures is probably related to?
the effect alcohol has on receptors for glutamate
why can cocaine be lethal?
its cardiovascular effects
naloxone
immediately causes withdrawal symptoms