N1+N2) Neurobiology of Psychiatry 1&2

Question 1

schizophrenia

what can cause this
genes!
drugs
list risk factors

Question 2

schizophrenia

symptoms, what are the grouped as and egs
some risk factors

Question 3

dopamine

what is it what does it do

Answer 3

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Question 4

outline the dopamine pathways

Answer 4

mesocortical
mesolimbic
nigostriatal
tuberoinfundibular

Question 5

dopamine pathways and schizophrenia

what happens here
how do typical antipsychotics fit into this. what are their side effects and why does this happen

Answer 5

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Question 6

psychosis and glutamate

what is the relation here

Answer 6

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Question 7

psychosis and GABA

what is the relation here

Answer 7

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Question 8

serotonin and psychosis

what is the relation here
evidence

Answer 8

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Question 9

what are some neuroanatomical changes in schizophrenia

why does understanding how schizophrenia is caused important

Answer 9

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Question 10

list some organic causes of schizophrenia and define eacgh one briefly

Answer 10

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Question 11

ndma receptor autoimmune encephalitis

what happens here
what is it associated with and what are presenting features
how to treatr

Question 12

huntingtons chorea and psychosos

what happens here, how it ist caused

Question 13

temporal lobe epilepsy and psychosis

outline the relation here, how can this happen

Answer 13

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Question 14

wilsons disease and psychosis

what is this how can it present and how is it caused

Answer 14

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Question 15

parkinsons and psychosis

how

Answer 15

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Question 16

bipolar affactive disorder

what is this defibed as
what can cause it

Answer 16

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Question 17

outline the limbic system anatomy an its important players – what do they do

Answer 17

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Question 18

limbic system dysregulation in bipolar disorder

what happens here and why
promts on back

Answer 18

prefrontal cortex

also amygdala

Question 19

depression

what is it defined as, symptoms
causes and hypothesis

Answer 19

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Question 20

depression pathophysiology – monoamine hypothesis

what is monoamine and how do they have their effect.
serotonin - how does it have its effect and what is its precurser.

Question 21

depression - evidence for serotonin involvement

also for NA involv

Answer 21

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Question 22

anxiety disorders

what are they, give eg.
what parts of the brain are involved here, what happens overall

Question 23

anxiety and amydala

what happens here
what are some fear and panic symptoms

Question 24

how can the HPA be involved in anxiety

Question 25

PTSD what is it, what happens, pathophysiology