MH 701 Psychopharmacology Final
Exam with correct answers
Bradykinesia - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔slow movement
Akathisia - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔restlessness & urge to move the limbs
Dystonia - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔muscle spasms of the tongue, face, eyes, neck,
and back
Oculogyric crisis - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔fixation of the eyeballs in an upward
position due to extraocular muscle spasm
Extrapyramidal symptoms - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Dystonia, Akathisia, &
Parkinsonism
How is the amygdala involved in production of anxiety or threatening situations - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The amygdala attaches emotional significance to information
and mediates both defensive and aggressive behavior.
Neurotransmitters associated with depression - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔serotonin,
norepinephrine, dopamine
Key neurotransmitter associated with anxiety - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔GABA
Neurotransmitters associated with antipsychotic medications - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Dopamine
, Serotonin - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
Also obsessions & compulsions (OCD)
Norepinephrine - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A neurotransmitter involved in arousal or
ALERTNESS, as well as in learning and mood regulation
Dopamine - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A neurotransmitter associated with movement,
attention, motivation, and learning and the brain's pleasure and reward system.
MDD treatment - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Best is combination of psychotherapy and
pharmacological treatment
Tertiary TCA's - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔imipramine, amitriptyline, and
clomipramine (OCD)
Non-selective TCA's - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Tertiary TCA's
amitriptyline
imipramine
clomipramine that inhibit SEROTONIN and NOREPINEPHRINE.
TCA's with most anti-cholinergic side effects - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Tertiary
TCA's
amitriptyline
imipramine
clomipramine
TCA's with greatest fall risk and sedation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Tertiary TCA's
Exam with correct answers
Bradykinesia - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔slow movement
Akathisia - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔restlessness & urge to move the limbs
Dystonia - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔muscle spasms of the tongue, face, eyes, neck,
and back
Oculogyric crisis - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔fixation of the eyeballs in an upward
position due to extraocular muscle spasm
Extrapyramidal symptoms - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Dystonia, Akathisia, &
Parkinsonism
How is the amygdala involved in production of anxiety or threatening situations - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The amygdala attaches emotional significance to information
and mediates both defensive and aggressive behavior.
Neurotransmitters associated with depression - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔serotonin,
norepinephrine, dopamine
Key neurotransmitter associated with anxiety - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔GABA
Neurotransmitters associated with antipsychotic medications - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Dopamine
, Serotonin - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
Also obsessions & compulsions (OCD)
Norepinephrine - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A neurotransmitter involved in arousal or
ALERTNESS, as well as in learning and mood regulation
Dopamine - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A neurotransmitter associated with movement,
attention, motivation, and learning and the brain's pleasure and reward system.
MDD treatment - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Best is combination of psychotherapy and
pharmacological treatment
Tertiary TCA's - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔imipramine, amitriptyline, and
clomipramine (OCD)
Non-selective TCA's - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Tertiary TCA's
amitriptyline
imipramine
clomipramine that inhibit SEROTONIN and NOREPINEPHRINE.
TCA's with most anti-cholinergic side effects - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Tertiary
TCA's
amitriptyline
imipramine
clomipramine
TCA's with greatest fall risk and sedation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Tertiary TCA's
