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What is neurology

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Is a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of nervous system disorders

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What is psychiatry?

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Branch of medicine concerned with diagnosis and treatment of disorders that affect the mind

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What two interacting factors produce the brain?

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Heredity and environment

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What two assumptions are Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis based on?

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  1. Much of mental life is unconscious
  2. Past experiences shape how a person will feel and respond throughout life
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Describe behaviourism?

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Focuses on observable behaviours and their control by the environment

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What major psychiatric disorder occurred during Freuds time?

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General paresis of the insane

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What is the course of general paresis of the insane?

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Progressive
Symptoms of mania ( excitement, euphoria, and grandiose delusions) to cognitive deterioration and ultimately paralysis and death

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What caused general paresis of the insane?

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Treponema pallidum - microorganisms that cause syphilis

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What does a dietary deficiency in niacin (vitamin B) cause?

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Agitation, impaired reasoning and depression

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What does HIV do to the brain?

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Causes progressive cognitive and behavioural impairments

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Describe molecular medicine

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The approach of using genetic information to develop treatment

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What is pathophysiology?

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Discovery of abnormal physiological condition

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What are the challenges for molecular medicine in treating brain diseases?

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  1. Relies on patient description of symptoms
  2. Not all have a clear genetic basis and those that do have a large pool of implicated genes.
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What are induced pluripotent stem cells?

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Stem cells with the potential to differentiate into any cell type, including neurons, that are chemically transformed from mature cells derived from a person

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What is the most common psychiatric disorders?

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Anxiety disorders

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Describe panic disorder

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Frequent panic attacks consisting of discrete periods with the sudden onset of intense apprehension, fearfulness, or terror, often associated with feelings of impending doom.

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Describe agoraphobia

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Anxiety about, or avoidance of, place or situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing, or in which help may not be available in the event of a panic attack.

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Describe generalised anxiety disorder

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At least 6 months of persistent and excessive anxiety and worry

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Describe specific phobias

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Clinically significant anxiety provoked by exposure to a specific feared object or situation, often leading to avoidance behaviour

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Describe social phobias

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Clinically significant anxiety provoked by exposure to certain types of social or performance situations, often leading to avoidance behaviour

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What are the symptoms of a panic disorder?

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Palpitations, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea, dizziness p, tingling sensations and chills or blushing

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What is the stress response?

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Is the coordinated reaction to threatening stimuli

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How is the stress response characterised?

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Avoidance behaviour
Increased vigilance and arousal
Activation of the sympathetic division of the ANS
Release of cortisol from the adrenal glands

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What two structures help regulate CRH neurons in the hypothalamus?

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Amygdala
Hippocampus

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How does the amygdala and hypothalamus contribute to anxiety disorders?

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Hyperactivity of the amygdala
Diminished activity of the hippocampus

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What neurons activate the HPA axis and the stress response?

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Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

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What is psychotherapy?

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Gradual increase to fear stimuli. To alter connections in the brain

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What are anxiolytic drugs?

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Medications that reduce anxiety by altering chemical synaptic transmission in the brain

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What major types of the drugs are used in the treatment of anxiety disorders?

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Benzodiazepines

Serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitors

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How does Benzodiazepines work?

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They bind to GABA A receptor and act to make GABA more effective in opening the Cl- channel and producing inhibition.

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How do PET scans differ in benzodiazepines binding in normal and panic disordered brains?

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Fewer binding sites present in frontal cortex of panic disordered brain.

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How do SSRIs work?

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Prolong the actions of released serotonin at their receptors by inhibiting reuptake

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Describe affective disorders

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Disorder of mood

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What are the symptoms of depression?

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Loss of appetite
Insomnia
Fatigue
Feelings of worthlessness and guilt
A diminished ability to concentrate
Recurrent thoughts of death

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What is bipolar disorder?

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Repeated episodes of mania

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What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder?

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Inflated self esteem or grandiosity
A decreased need for sleep
Increased talkativeness or feelings of pressure to keep talking
Flight of ideas, or a subjective experience that thoughts are racing
Distractibility
Increased goal directed activity

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What is the difference between type 1 and type 2 bipolar disorder?

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Type 1 - mania
Type 2 - hypomania, generally associated with major depression

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What is the role of reserpine

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Depletes central catecholamines and serotonin by interfering with their loading into synaptic vesicles

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What role does monoamine oxidase (MAO) play?

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Enzyme that destroys catecholamines and serotonin

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What is the role of imipramine?

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Inhibits the reuptake of released serotonin and NE thus promoting their action in the synaptic cleft

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What is the monoamine hypothesis of mood disorders?

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A hypothesis suggesting that depression is a consequence of a reduction in the levels of monoamine neurotransmitters, particularly serotonin and NE, in the brain

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What is diasthesis?

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Predisposition for a certain disease

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What is the diathesis-stress hypothesis of affective disorders?

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HPA axis is the main site where genetic and environmental influences converge to cause a mood disorder

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What does injected CRH into the brains of animals produce behaviourally?

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Symptoms similar to depression - insomnia, decreased appetite, decreased interest in sex, increased behavioural expression of anxiety,

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How are glucocorticoid receptors influenced in early childhood?

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Number regulated by early sensory experience

Loving environment - tactile stimulation activates the ascending serotonergic inputs to the hippocampus = increased receptors

Neglectful environment - no growth in receptors

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How does the anterior cingulate cortex affect depressed patients?

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Link between an internally generated emotional state and the HPA axis

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What is the most effective treatment for depression and mania?

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of ECT?

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A - fast acting

D - memory loss and impairment of new information storage

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What is psychotherapy?

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Overcome negative views on themselves and their future,

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What are four antidepressant drugs?

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  1. Tricyclic compounds such as imipramine (blocks reuptake of NE and 5-HT)
  2. SSRIs e.g. fluoxetine
  3. NE and 5-HT selective reuptake inhibitors e.g. venlafaxine
  4. MAO inhibitors to reduce enzymatic breakdown of NE and 5-HT e.g. phenelzine
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How do antidepressant drugs work?

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Dampens hyperactivity of HPA and anterior cingulate cortex.

Increased glucocorticoid receptor expression in hippocampus

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How does lithium affect neurons?

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Prevents normal turnover of phosphatidyl inositol (PIP2)
Interferes with adenylyl cyclase which generates cAMP and glycogen synthesise kinase,

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How is schizophrenia characterised?

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Loss of contact with reality and a disruption of thought, perception, mood and movement

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What are the positive symptoms that reflect the presence of abnormal thoughts and behaviours in schizophrenia?

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Delusions
Hallucinations
Disorganised speech
Grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour

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What are the negative symptoms that reflect the absence of responses that are normally present in schizophrenia?

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Reduced expression of emotion
Poverty of speech
Difficulty in initiating goal directed behaviour
Memory impairment

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What causes schizophrenia?

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Genetics
Environmental factors
Viral infections during fetal and infant development - contributing cause
Poor maternal nutrition - contributing cause

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What changes are seen in the schizophrenic brains?

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Larger ventricles
Defects in myelination in cerebral cortex
Reduced cortical thickness and abnormal neuronal lamination.

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What is the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia?

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Psychotic episodes are triggered specifically by the activation of dopamine receptors.

Two systems: ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra (control of voluntary movement by striatum)

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What are neuroleptic drugs?

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Potent blockers of dopamine receptors , specifically the D2 receptor

E.g. chlorpromazine

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What is the glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia?

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Reflects diminished activation of NMDA receptors in the brain

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What drugs affect glutamate receptors?

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Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine

Entering NMDA channel and clog the pore

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What drugs reduce the positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Chlorpromazine and haloperidol

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