week 2.1 Flashcards

1
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Perseveration

A

persistence of single thought

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2
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Attending

A

Inability to focus on task

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3
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emotionally labile

A

mood changes

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4
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Apraxia

A

Difficulty controlling fine and gross motor movement

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5
Q

brocas aphasia

A

inability to Express language

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6
Q

Wernicke’s aphasia

A

Difficulty understanding words

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7
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what is the difference between hallucinations and visual illusions?

A

Hallucinations don’t involved a physical object present in sight

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8
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What is the function of the amygdala?

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Processes emotions, such as anxiety, fear, pleasure

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9
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serotonin

A

Inhibitory neurotransmitter
Modulates mood and emotion

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10
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does serotonin increase or decrease in depression

A

Decrease

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11
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dopamine

A

Excitatory neurotransmitter
Pleasure, complex motor activity

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12
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does dopamine increase or decrease in depression and addiction?

A

Decrease

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13
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norepinephrine

A

Mood, attention, arousal
Fight or flight

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14
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Does norepinephrine increase or decrease in depression

A

Decrease

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15
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GABA

A

Modulates stress

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16
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does GABA increase or decrease with anxiety/mania?

A

decrease

17
Q

Glutamate

A

Excitatory neurotransmitter

18
Q

what conditions cause glutamate to be increased?

A

Alzheimer’s
Seizures

19
Q

what conditions cause glutamate to decrease?

A

Psychosis
Autism
Depression
OCD

20
Q

what is acetyl choline responsible for regulating?

A

Sleep wake cycles

21
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does acetylcholine increase or decrease in depression

A

Increase

22
Q

Neural plasticity

A

Ability of brain to re-organize neural pathways based on new experiences

23
Q

synaptic pruning

A

Weeding out weaker synapses to improve networking capacity