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SYNAPSES : How are Synapses involved in drug therapy?

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The synapse is said to believed to be the primary site of activity for psychotropic drugs.

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What are NEUROTRANSMITTERS

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  • Control communication throughout your body and brain

- Chemicals that convey information across synaptic clefts to neighboring target cells.

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What is reuptake?

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The process for being stored for reuse

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What is ACETYLCHOLINE ? Functions?

Possible Implications for mental illness?

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  • Cholinergic neurotransmitter
  • Sleep, arousal, pain, perception, MOVEMENT, memory
  • Increased levels in DEPRESSION
  • Decreased levels: ALZHEIMER’S, HUNTINGTON’S, PARKINSON’S
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MONOAMINES

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Norepinephrine
Dopamine
Serotonin
Histamine

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assault

battery

bioethics

civil law
common law
criminal law
defamation of character

ethics
false imprisonment
informed consent

libel
malpractice
moral behavior

negligence

privileged communication
right
slander
statutory law
tort

values
values clarification

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Kantianism (Deontology) -

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I make this choice b/c it is morally right to do so. (Opposite of Utilitarianism)

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Utilitarianism

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Right is based on that which promote happiness

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Natural law theory

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Humans inherently know the difference between good and evil (from God) and this knowledge directs our decision-making

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ethical dilemma

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No reason to choose one action over the other

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Ethical egoism

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What is right and good is what is best for the individual making the decision

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Autonomy

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Individuals are capable of making their own independent choices.

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Beneficence

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One’s duty to benefit to promote the good of others

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Nonmaleficence

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Do No Harm

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Veracity

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Always be truthful

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what are the brains major divisions?

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  • forebrain
  • midbrain
  • hindbrain
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what is the forebrain made up of?

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  • cerebrum

- diencephalon

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what is the midbrain made up of?

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-mesencephalon

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what is the hindbrain made up of?

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  • pons
  • medulla
  • cerebellum
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20
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voluntary body movement is controlled by impulse through the __

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frontal lobes

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the ____ manage somatosensory input, including touch, pain, pressure, taste, temp, perception of joint and body positions, and visceral sensations.

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parietal lobes

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the __ is concerned with auditory functions and the lower part is dedicated to short-term memory.

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temporal lobe

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the __ are the primary area of visual reception and interpretation

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occipital lobes

24
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what are the functions of the hypothalamus?

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  • regulation of the pituitary gland
  • direct neural control over the actions of the autonomic nervous system
  • regulation of appetite, temp, bp, thirst and circadian rhythms
  • regulation of temp
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the __ contains the nucleus and is essential for the continued life of the neuron

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cell body

26
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___ are processes that transmit impulses toward the cell body

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dendrites

27
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__ transmit impulses away from the cell body

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axon

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___ carry impulses from receptors in the internal and external periphery to the CNS, where they are then interpreted into various sensations.

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afferent neurons

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___carry impulse from the CNS to effectors in there periphery, such as muscles (they respond by contracting) and glands (that respond by secreting)

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efferent neurons

30
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___ are chemicals that convey information across synaptic clefts to neighboring target cells.

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neurotransmitters

31
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the main function of the antidiuretic hormone is _

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conserve body water and maintain normal bp

32
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the hormones found in the posterior pituitary _ and _

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vasopressin (antidiuretic hormone) and oxytocin

33
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the hormones of the anterior pituitary regulate are:

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  • growth hormone
  • thyroid stimulation hormone
  • ACTH
  • prolactin
  • gonadotropin-stimulating hormone
  • melanocyte-stimulating hormone
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genotype

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refers to the total set of genes present in an individual and coded in the DNA at the time of conception

35
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phenotype

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are characteristics such as eye color, height, blood type, sound of voice, and hair type

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a branch of philosophy that addresses methods fro determining the rightness or wrongness of one’s actions

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ethics

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bioethics

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is the term applied to these principles when they refer to concepts within the scopes of medicine, nursing, and allied health

38
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___ is conduct that results from serious critical thinking about how individuals ought to treat others

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moral behavior

39
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values

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are personal beliefs about what is important or desirable

40
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a __ is valid, legally recognized claim or entitlement, encompassing both freedom from government interference or discriminatory treatment and an entitlement to a benefit or service

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right

41
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a ____ is a situation that requires an individual to make a choice between two equally unfavorable alternatives

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ethical dilemma

42
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____ are those that have been enacted by legislative bodies

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statutory laws

43
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____ are derived from division made in previous cases

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common law

44
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___ protects the private and property rights of individuals and businesses

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civil law

45
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____ provides protection from conduct deemed injurious to the public welfare

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criminal law

46
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___ encompasses shared patterns of belief, feeling, and knowledge that guide people’s conduct and are passed down from generation to generation.

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culture

47
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individualistic cultures

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value independence, personal responsibility, and freedom

48
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what is the human quality that gives meaning and sense of purpose to an individuals existance?

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spirituality

49
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___ is a set of beliefs, values, rites, and rituals adopted by a group of people.

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religion

50
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What is Dopamine?

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  • A neurotransmitter released by the brain that plays a role in movement, memory, pleasurable reward, behavior & cognition, attention, inhibition of prolactin production, sleep, mood and learning
51
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How are DOPAMINE and ADDICTION related?

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  • Cocaine and Amphetamines inhibit the re-uptake of dopamine .
  • Cocaine is a dopamine transporter blocker that competitively inhibits dopamine uptake to increase the presence of dopamine.
  • Amphetamines force dopamine molecules

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