PSYCH EXAM 1 MEDS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Norepinephrine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Stress hormone - fight or flight
Norepinephrine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class -antidepressant
Serotonin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mood regulaiton, GI functioning, hunger, pain
Serotonin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class - antidepressant and antipsychotic
Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Reward/pleasure - mood, energy, motivation, addictions
Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class - antipsychotics
Glutamine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Excitatory - learning, memory, restlessness
Glutamine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class - mood stabilizers
GABA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Reduces neuron activity, calming
GABA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class - antidepressant anxiety and hypnotics
Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Muscle strength, pain, sleependocrine
Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class - cholinesterase inhibitors
Lithium - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mood stabilizer
Main drug of choice, works very fast, requires frequent blood draws
Can cause fine hand tremors
Norepinephrine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Stress hormone - fight or flight
Norepinephrine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class -antidepressant
Serotonin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mood regulaiton, GI functioning, hunger, pain
Serotonin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class - antidepressant and antipsychotic
Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Reward/pleasure - mood, energy, motivation, addictions
Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class - antipsychotics
Glutamine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Excitatory - learning, memory, restlessness
Glutamine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class - mood stabilizers
GABA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Reduces neuron activity, calming
GABA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class - antidepressant anxiety and hypnotics
Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Muscle strength, pain, sleependocrine
Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug class - cholinesterase inhibitors
Lithium - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mood stabilizer
Main drug of choice, works very fast, requires frequent blood draws
Can cause fine hand tremors
