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First Exam answers Flashcards

1
Q

When Gaba opens ion channels

a. Ci- ions enter
b. The neuron is depolarized

A

a. Ci- ions enter

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Glutamate agonists

a. open Na+ channels
b. produces EPSPs

A

a. open Na+ channels

b. produces EPSPs

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3
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Name four monoamine neurotransmitters

A

Serotonin
Dopamine
Norepinephrine
Histamine

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4
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If a drug is a noradrenergic agonist, which of the following might it do?

a. Slow reuptake of norepinephrine
b. block alpha2 receptors
c. increase salivation
d. increase heart rate

A

a. Slow reuptake of norepinephrine
b. block alpha2 receptors
d. increase heart rate

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5
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If a drug is a cholinergic antagonist, which of the following might be true?

a. It is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor
b. It blocks post-synaptic muscarinic receptors.
c. It decreases salivation.

A

b. It blocks post-synaptic muscarinic receptors.

c. It decreases salivation.

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6
Q

Is an FAAH inhibitor an agonist or an antagonist for endocannabinoids

A

agonist

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7
Q

Suppose that drug is a dopamine agonist. Which of the following might be true?

a. It is an MAO inhibitor
b. It may speed the reuptake of dopamine neurons.
c. It may block dopamine autoreceptors
d. It provides a precursor of dopamine

A

a. It is an MAO inhibitor
c. It may block dopamine autoreceptors
d. It provides a precursor of dopamine

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8
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Suppose that a drug is helpful for epilepsy. Which might be true?

a. It might be an indirect agonist for GABA
b. It might open Na+ channels.
c. It might slow the reuptake of GABA.

A

a. It might be an indirect agonist for GABA

c. It might slow reuptake of GABA

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9
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Reuptake is important in terminating the effects of :

a. Serotonin
b. Dopamine
c. Acetylcholine
d. Gaba

A

a. Serotonin
b. Dopamine
d. Gaba

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10
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Suppose that a new meditation treatment for
headaches is effective. If its benefits can be blocked by naloxone, this indicates that endogenous opioids contribute to the pain relief provided by meditation. True of False

A

True

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11
Q

Name two catecholamines

A

Dopamine and norepinephrine

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12
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It is released at the end of the parasympathetic nervous system

A

actetylcholine

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13
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It would be released if a researcher stimulated the locus coeruleus

A

norepinephrine

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14
Q

Mu receptors respond to it

A

Endogenous opioids and exogenous opioids

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15
Q

Marijuana mimics it

A

endocannabinoids (example of one is Anandamide)

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16
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Morphine and heroin mimic it

A

Opioids (these are endogenous opioids)

17
Q

NMDA receptors respond to it

A

Glutamate

18
Q

It’s synthesis begins with tryptophan

A

serotonin

19
Q

It is deficient in Parkinson’s disease

A

Dopamine

20
Q

Which of the following are associated with the parietal lobes?

a. Face recognition
b. Dorsal stream of visual system
c. Perception of tactile stimuli
d. primary motor cortex

A

b. Dorsal stream of visual system

c. Perception of tactile stimuli

21
Q

Stimulating here would cause the release of dopamine.

a. Substantia Nigra
b. Raphe nuclei
c. Ventral tegmental area

A

a. Substantia Nigra

c. Ventral tegmental area

22
Q

Damage in this part of the brain causes prosopagnosia

A

Fusiform face area

23
Q

It receives sensory input and sends it to the correct section of the cerebral cortex

A

thalamus

24
Q

The sympathetic nervous system releases norepinephrine and epinephrine from this gland

A

adrenal medulla

25
Q

Which of the following can increase the release of endogenous opioids

a. sudden severe pain
b. acupuncture
c placebo

A

a. sudden severe pain
b. acupuncture
c placebo

26
Q

It continues throughout life.
A. Neurogenesis
B. Apoptosis
C. Synaptogenesis

A

A. Neurogenesis
B. Apoptosis
C. Synaptogenesis

27
Q

At the neuromuscular junctions it responds to acetylcholine

A

Nicotinic ACH receptor

28
Q

On the skin it responds to capsaicin

A

TRPV1

29
Q

Blocking this noradrenergic receptor would slow heart rate

A

beta1, 2 receptors

30
Q

Blocking this histamine receptor would increase the release of histamine.

A

H3 autoreceptor

31
Q

It is terminated by anandamide

A

Cb1 receptor (endocannabinoids)

32
Q

Which of the following could be true of a serotonin agonist?

a. it is a serotonin reuptake inhibitor
b. It is an alpha2 blocker
c. it is an MAO inhibitor

A

a. it is a serotonin reuptake inhibitor
b. It is an alpha2 blocker
c. it is an MAO inhibitor

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