NSG 527 Final Exam, Questions with Answers, A+

Acetylcholine - involved in voluntary movement, learning, memory, and sleep? acetylcholine - Too much ___?_____is associated with depression, and too little in the hippocampus has been associated with dementia. Dopamine - correlated with movement, attention, and learning? Dopamine - Too much__________?has been associated with schizophrenia, and too little_________? is associated with some forms of depression as well as the muscular rigidity and tremors found in Parkinson's disease. Norepinephrine - associated with eating, alertness? Norepinephrine - Too little _______? has been associated with depression, while an excess has been associated with schizophrenia. Epinephrine - involved in energy, and glucose metabolism? Serotonin - plays a role in mood, sleep, appetite, and impulsive and aggressive behavior? serotonin - Too little_______? is associated with depression and some anxiety disorders, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder. Some antidepressant medications increase the availability of _________? at the receptor sites GABA - inhibits excitation and anxiety? GABA - Too little ______?is associated with anxiety and anxiety disorders. Some antianxiety medication increases _____?at the receptor sites. Endorphins - involved in pain relief and feelings of pleasure and contentedness? Frontal Lobe - • Executive functioning and personality • Maintain and focus attention • Organize thinking, planning, speech, and motor activities • Weigh consequences • Set goals • Modulate emotions • Integrate ideas, emotions, and perceptions • Shapes personality? Parietal lobe - • Body sensations • Motor activities, attention and perception of spatial relations • Processes sensory impulses from the thalamus • Maintains focused attention • Registers acts of aggression • Wernicke's area located in the left temporoparietal junction is responsible for the comprehension of speech?? Temporal lobe - • Emotion and memory circuits • Hearing, learning, memory circuits, sexual identity, and processing of auditory stimuli • Gives emotional tone to memories • Is involved in making moral judgments Occipital lobe - • Vision • Visual memory • Reading • language formation • reception of vestibular, acoustic, and tactile stimuli