Test 4: Anxiety Flashcards
What percentage of Americans suffer from anxiety?
18
__% of patients with MDD display anxiety disorders
58
[fear/anxiety] is a stress response from immediate danger
fear
[fear/anxiety] is a stress response from your thoughts
anxiety
structure deep within temporal lobes, major component of emotional processing neural circuitry including limbic cortices, hypothalamus, and hippocampus
amygdala
anxiety circuitry evaluates stimuli then directs appropriate response via ___
amygdala
What is the function of the lateral nucleus in the amygdala?
processes information
What is the function of the central nucleus in the amygdala?
orchestrating response
__ cells in the dorsal pons contact the limbic system to increase anxiety and panic
norepinephrine
[increased/decreased] firing of LC NE neurons in response to anxiety provoking stimuli, electrical stimulation of LC, or application of NE inhibitory autoreceptor antagonist increases fear and panic behavior
increased
panic disorder and PTSD patients have [increased/decreased] NE
increased
therapeutic agents that reduce anxiety (BDZ, SSRI, TC) [increase/reduce] LC firing and NE function
reduce
GABA A receptor is a __ channel and causes __
chloride, hyperpolarization
sedatives/hypnotics [enhance/decrease] GABA A function to cause sedation and reduce anxiety
enhance
[BDZ/BAR or ETOH/neurosteroids] bind to modulatory sites on receptor (not GABA site)
BDZ/BAR
[BDZ/BAR or ETOH/neurosteroids] binds to distinct area of GABA A receptor (not GABA site)
ETOH/neurosteroids
BDZ, BAR, ETOH, and neurosteroids are all positive ____ modulators for GABA
allosteric
Which GABA modulating drug is the most clinically useful?
BDZ
BDZ sites are widely distributed in the brain with a high concentration in __, __, and __
amygdala, limbic areas, PFC
BDZ agonists [increase/decrease] Cl- current
increase
BDZ agonists [increase/decrease] anxiety, arousal, seizures
decrease
BDZ antagonists cause cellular [excitation/inhibition]
excitation
BDZ inverse agonists uncouple GABA receptors from __ channels so GABA is less effective in causing entry of __ into cells - increases [excitation/inhibition]
Cl-, excitation
GABA or GABA agonist in which brain area reduces anxiety?
amygdala