Lecture 5

Question 1

What is latent inhibition?

Answer 1

Predispose to a stimulus,without consequence impairs the ability of that stimulus to entered into a conditioned association

Question 2

How do dopamine relaxing drugs suchas amphetamine affect latent inhibition

Answer 2

Amphetamine reduces latent inhibition

Question 3

What is Kamin blocking?

Answer 3

‘conditioning of one conditioned stimulus to unconditional stimulus leads to the reduction of subsequent conditioning off the condition stimulus to another conditioned stimulus

Question 4

What is prepulse inhibiton

Answer 4

The he response to a startling stimulus is reduced when the stimulus is procedabya similar stimulus of lower intercity.

Question 5

What happens to latent inhibition and Kamin blocking and prepalmibition with dopamine antagonists

Answer 5

Enhancement of the phenomena

Question 6

What happens to attention if there is too low dopamine?

Answer 6

There’s a more focused attention on only a few things

Question 7

What do positively symptomatic schizophrenic patients display in regards to their latent inhibitions kamin blocking and pepulse inhibition
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Answer 7

There is disruption to all theses suggesting a diffilingin sensory going and selective attention,

Question 8

What occurs in hyperdompanergic environment

Answer 8

Attention is broadened

Question 9

What may be assisted with ADHD?

Answer 9

Low dopamine treated with agonists → broadens attention span

Question 10

What is schilophiena associated with

Answer 10

Low dopamine s focussing of the attention treated with drugstat decrease dopamine function
span

Question 11

What is the effect of catechol-O-methyl transferase inhibitors in Parkinson’s

Answer 11

Allows for more L-dopa to reach the brain as when the a patient is also on carbidopa there is metabolism of l-dopa by COMT so we give this class of drugs to prevent this