Test Bank for Psychopharmacology: Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior (3rd Edition)

the Brain and Behavior 3rd Edition
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By Meyer Nursing, Verified Chapters 1 - 20
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,Chapter1.PrinciplesofPharmacology
Chapter2.StructureandFunctionoftheNervousSystem
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Chapter3.ChemicalSignalingbyNeurotransmittersandHormones Chapter
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4. Methods of Research in Psychopharmacology
Chapter5.Catecholamines
Chapter6.Serotonin
Chapter7.Acetylcholine
Chapter8.GlutamateandGABA
Chapter9.DrugAbuseandAddiction
Chapter10.Alcohol
Chapter11.TheOpioids
Chapter12.PsychomotorStimulants:Cocaine,Amphetamine,andRelatedDrugs
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Chapter 13.Nicotine and Caffeine
Chapter 14.Marijuana and the Cannabinoids
Chapter15.Hallucinogens,PCP,andKetamine
Chapter16.Inhalants,GHB,andAnabolic-AndrogenicSteroids
Chapter17.DisordersofAnxietyandImpulsivityandthe DrugsUsedtoTreatTheseDisorders
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Chapter 18.AffectiveDisorders:Antidepressants andMood Stabilizers
Chapter19.Schizophrenia:AntipsychoticDrugs .z




Chapter20.NeurodegenerativeDiseases




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, Chapter1:PrinciplesofPharmacology



MultipleChoice
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1.
refer(s)tospecificmolecularchangesthatoccurwhenadrugbindstoaparticulartarg
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et siteorreceptor,while
aretheresultingwidespreadalterations infunction.
a. Drugaction;therapeuticfeffects
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b. Sideeffects;drugeffects
c. Therapeuticeffects;side effects
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d. Drug action;drugeffects .z




ANSWER:fd
TextbookReference:Pharmacology:TheScienceofDrugfAction
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2. Afterdrug administrationhasoccurred,theamountofdruginthebloodthatis freeto b
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ind at specific target sites is referred to as .z




a. thetherapeuticdose.
b. first-passeffects. .z




c. bioavailability.
d. ED50.
ANSWER:fc
TextbookReference: Pharmacokinetic FactorsfDeterminingDrug Action


3. The specific molecular changes that occurwhen a drugbindstoaparticulartarget
site or receptorarereferredto as
a. drugeffects.



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, b. drugaction.
c. sideeffects.
d. placeboeffects.
ANSWER:fb
TextbookReference:Pharmacology:TheScienceofDrugfAction
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4. Whichofthefollowingis notapossibleexplanationforplaceboeffects?
a. Pavlovianconditioning
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b. Geneticvariation
c. Drugcompetition
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d. Expectationofoutcome
ANSWER:fc
TextbookReference:Pharmacology:TheScienceofDrug Action
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