JAALAS 2011 No. 2 Flashcards
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is most commonly associated with advancing age and obesity. True or False?
True
FBG levels of greater than 80 mg/dL and HbA1c concentrations exceeding 4.7% appear to be diagnostic of early or pre Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Rhesus Monkey. True or False?
True
HbA1c values do not show species specific variations. True or False?
False
In chimpanzees, FBG levels of greater than 100 mg/dL and HbA1c concentrations exceeding 5.0% appear to be diagnostic of over diabetes. True or False?
True
- T/F: Environmental enrichment generally includes anything that is preferred by captive animals.
True
- Excessive hair-pulling is an abnormal behavior that has been reported in the following species:
a. Humans
b. Primates
c. Mice
d. Dogs
e. All of the above
E
- T/F: Barbering behavior decreases with age.
False
True or False: Group housing didn’t decrease the heart rates in undisturbed male and female rats, of either strain, when housed in the same room with singly housed rats.
True
In this study, which of the following rat strains had elevated heart-rate responses to acute procedures?
A. Wistar
B. Holtzman Sprague-Dawley
C. Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR)
B
- Which analgesic took the longest time for mice to return to presurgical locomotor activity?
Flunixin meglumine
- Which analgesic took the longest time for mice to return to presurgical body weight?
Flunixin meglumine
- Current data suggest that which 2 analgesics are suitable analgesics after major abdominal surgery in mice?
Meloxicam and buprenorphine
- In a recent article which analgesic did not have any effects on pain attenuation in a surgical model of pain in rats?
a. Tramadol
b. Buprenorphine
c. Tramadol+Gabapentin
A
- T/F. Gabapentin acts on GABA receptors to ameliorate neuropathic pain?
False
Undesirable side effects or characteristics of buprenorphine use in rats can include:
a. Loss of body weight
b. Pica
c. Lack of efficacy vs. other opioids
d. All of the above
D
T/F. One dose of buprenorphine sustained-release injection at 1.2 mg/kg provided analgesia to rats for 2-3 days.
True
What of the following is not a mode of action of buprenophine as an analgesic?
a. Partial agonist at the μ-opioid
b. κ-opioid receptor antagonist
c. δ-receptor agonist
d. Full agonist at the μ-opioid
D
T/F. A non-specific increase in general activity level after buprenorphine administration has been observed in both mice and rats.
True
- What are the benefits of premedication with an opioid-sedative combination?
- Reduction in stress, easier animal handling, preemptive analgesia, reduction in inhalant anesthetic requirements and less cardiovascular and respiratory depression.
- The authors named this drug as a highly effective reversal agent for sedation caused by Midazolam and Buprenorphine combinations. Name the agent.
Flumazenil