Sz- Neurotransmitters as an explanation

Question 1

What is a neurotransmitter?

Answer 1

Brain chemicals released from synaptic vesicles. Neurotransmitters relay signals from on neuro to another across a synapse. Neurotransmitters

Question 2

What are the names of some 1st generational drugs used for treatments of Sz?

Answer 2

chlorpromazine and reserpine

Question 3

What are the side effect of chlorpromazine and reserpine?

Answer 3

Parkinsons - tremors and muscle rigity

Question 4

When in excess of dopamine, which pathway is the cause of positive symptoms?

Answer 4

Mesolimbic pathway

Question 5

When there is a lack of dopamine, which pathway is the cause of negative symptoms?

Answer 5

Mesocortical pathway

Question 6

Name a second generation drug?

Answer 6

Clopazine

Question 7

Is dopamine dysregulation in the stratum a common pathway to psychosis.

Answer 7

yes
Mate I dont know what this means

Question 8

What is Catherine Tenn study related to Sz?

Answer 8

She found that the rats given 9 amphetimines injections over 3 weeks showed various Sz like symptoms.
The dopamine antagonist were successful in reversing this these effect.

Question 9

Which groups in society are more likely to be diagnosed with Sz?

Answer 9

Second generation immigrants

Question 10

What did Wim Veling discover? And what does it infer?

Answer 10

Showed Morroco immigrants were more likely to get Sz than Turkish immigrants.
Suggests that environmental factors such as social stress may interact with neurochemistry making some people more prone to psychosis

Question 11

What applications are there for using neurotransmitters as an explanation for Sz?

Answer 11

Drug therapy