NR546 PHYCHOPHARM MIDTERM EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS AND CORRECT QUESTIONS GRADED A+

NR546 PHYCHOPHARM MIDTERM EXAM 2024 -2025 WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS AND CORRECT QUESTIONS GRADED A+ How does the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) affect the amygdala? - ANS-inhibits and acti vates the amygdala Keeps us alert to what is going on around us - ANS-Parietal lobe Involved in the reward process. - ANS-Nucleus accumbens Involved in sensory organ and motor command processing - ANS-thalamus Involved in complex motor actions, also links cognition to motor actions - ANS-Striatum This includes circuits that are associated with pleasure and reward, emotion and learning - ANS-LIMBIC SYSTEM A group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements - ANS-basal ganglia Controls the communication bet ween the two brain hemispheres - ANS-Corpus callosum Contains nerve fibers that connect neurons from different regions into functional circuits - ANS-white matter enzyme system mediates how the body metabolizes many drugs, including antipsychotics. The e nzyme in the gut wall or liver converts the drug into a biotransformed product in the bloodstream. After passing through the gut wall and liver (left), the drug will exist partly as unchanged drug and partly as biotransformed drug - ANS-CYP450 system Whic h medication classes increases serotonin? - ANS-SSRIs, Tricyclic, SNRIs bind more potently to the 5HT 2A receptor than the D2. Sedation is common and relates to a high affinity for histamine. These medications have the least risk of EPS but a high risk fo r weight gain and metabolic abnormalities. - ANS-The "Pines" Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following? - ANS-speech comprehension The limbic system is associated with which of the following - ANS-emotion and learning Which brain structure is most associated with long term memor y? - ANS-hippocampus When prescribing psychotropic medications, the PMHNP knows that these medications work within which specific areas? - ANS-mood Which of the following are involved in regulating neurotransmission via excitation -secretion coupling? - ANS-voltage -sensitive sodium channels and voltage -sensitive calcium channels What system influences the length of time for a drug to achieve efficacy? - ANS-signal transduction cascades One of the signal transduction cascades, pass the message from a first receptor to a second messenger. - ANS-G protein linked systems