Psychiatry - Neurobiology of Emotions and Behaviour Flashcards
mood , anxiety disorders and psychoses fall into which category
a . neurology
b. psychiatry
b. psychiatry
what is the limbic system associated with
emotional response
memory
executive function
pleasure and reward
processing external stimuli
what makes up the limbic system
amygdala
hippocampus
thalamus
cingulate cortex
pre frontal cortex
which part of the limbic system produces the fear response and is involved in other emotional responses
a.amygdala
b.hippocampus
c.thalamus
d.cingulate cortex
e.pre frontal cortex
a.amygdala
which part of the limbic system is found in the temporal lobe
a.amygdala
b.hippocampus
b.thalamus
d.cingulate cortex
e.pre frontal cortex
b.hippocampus
which part of the limbic system is involved in memory consolidation esp. emotional memory and provides contextual emotional responses
a. amygdala
b.hippocampus
c.thalamus
d.cingulate cortex
e.pre frontal cortex
b.hippocampus
which part of the limbic system is responsible for regulation of mood
a.amygdala
b.hippocampus
c.thalamus
d.cingulate cortex
e.pre frontal cortex
d.cingulate cortex
which part of the brain is highly connected to the limbic system and is responsible for complex emotional processes
a.amygdala
b.hippocampus
c.thalamus
d.cingulate cortex
e.pre frontal cortex
e.pre frontal cortex
which neurotransmitter is involved in alertness on waking, REM sleep, sustaining attention, learning and memory and movement
a. acetylcholine
b. serotonin
c.dopamine
d.glutamate
e.GABA
a. acetylcholine
which neurotransmitter is involved in mood and emotion, sleep, cognition, appetite and memory
a. acetylcholine
b. serotonin
c.dopamine
d.glutamate
e.GABA
b. serotonin
which neurotransmitter is involved in pleasure , reward and goal directed behaviour eg attention , motivation, emotion
a. acetylcholine
b. serotonin
c.dopamine
d.glutamate
e.GABA
c.dopamine
glutamate and aspartate are….
a.excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters
b.inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitters
a.excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters
GABA and glycine are ……..
a.excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters
b.inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitters
b.inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitters
what is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
a. serotonin
b. dopamine
c. acetylcholine
d.glutamate
e.aspartate
d.glutamate
NMDA and AMPA kinase receptors are ionotropic receptor for which neurotransmitter
a. serotonin
b. dopamine
c. acetylcholine
d.glutamate
e.aspartate
d.glutamate
which of these glutamate receptors is metabotropic (G coupled)
a.NMDA
b.AMPA
c.mGluR
c.mGluR
which neurotransmitter is increasingly recognised to have a role in psychosis, depression and anxiety
a. serotonin
b. dopamine
c. acetylcholine
d.glutamate
e.aspartate
d.glutamate
what is the predominant inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain
a. glycine
b. GABA
c. acetylcholine
d.glutamate
e.aspartate
b. GABA
which GABA receptors are inotropic
a.NDMA
b.AMPA
c.mGluR
d. GABA A
e. GABA B
d. GABA A
which GABA receptors are metabptropic (G protein coupled)
a.NDMA
b.AMPA
c.mGluR
d. GABA A
e. GABA B
e. GABA B
which receptor to benzodiazepines and alcohol bind
a.NDMA
b.AMPA
c.mGluR
d. GABA A
e. GABA B
d. GABA A
mood stabilisers promote function of which GABA channel
a.NDMA
b.AMPA
c.mGluR
d. GABA A
e. GABA B
e. GABA B
the default mode network is made up of highly connected areas of the brain that are particularly active …
a.at rest
b.during exercise
a.at rest
emotional regulation, social cognition, thinking about past and future and autobiographical memory are associated with which system
a.limbic system
b.default mode network
b.default mode network
in depression there is ………… activity in the default mode network
a.increased
b.decreased
a.increased
what causes an abnormal DMN in people with depression
genetic
childhood trauma
the immediate stress response involves which structure
a. amygdala
b.hypothalamus
c.sensory cortex
d.pituitary
e.hippocampus
e.hippocampus
the autonomic stress response is triggered via what
a. amygdala
b.hypothalamus
c.sensory cortex
d.pituitary
e.hippocampus
d.pituitary
what neurotransmitters are excitatory in the amygdala
a.glutamate and aspartate
b.gaba and glutamate
c.glutamate and noradrenaline
d.serotonin and gaba
c.glutamate and noradrenaline
psychotic symptoms are the result of increased …………….. neurotransmission in the mesolimbic pathway
a.gaba
b.glutamate
c.serotonin
d.aspartate
e.glycine
f.dopamine
f.dopamine
psychotic symptoms are the result of …………… dopamine neurotransmission in the mesolimbic pathway
a.dopamine
b.gaba
c.aspartate
d.glycine
e.glutamate
a.dopamine
a fixed false belief not in keeping with religion or culture
a.delusions
b. paranoia
c.hallucinations
a.delusions
which neurotransmitter directs rewarding behaviour an excess of which leads to aberrant attribution of salience
a.dopamine
b.gaba
c.aspartate
d.glycine
e.glutamate
a.dopamine
which part of delusions is pathological
a.the process of making a delusion
b.the content of the delusion
a.the process of making a delusion
the content is shaped by a persons experience/ culture
