Psychopharmacology Exam Questions
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Drug-induced super sensitivity is produced by.... - Correct answers✔✔produced primarily by
pharmacological antagonists
Which drug does NOT produce tachycardia, hypertension, mydriasis, and pyrexia? - Correct
answers✔✔morphine
Increased firing of descending _____ neurons, innervating _____ interneurons within the VTA
lead to hypo function of _____neurons innervating the frontal loves of Schizophrenic patients is
hypothesized explain the _____symptoms. - Correct answers✔✔glutamate, GABA, dopamine,
negative
The most active ingredient in Khat is... - Correct answers✔✔Cathinone
Cocaine's ability to act as local analgesic is due to... - Correct answers✔✔the blockade of sodium
channels
Lithium treatment appears to require the activation of signaling by which of the following
neurotransmitters? - Correct answers✔✔VGF
T or F: the psychological effects of LSD far outlast its presence in the brain - Correct
answers✔✔True
The hallucinogen Salvinorin A is thought to act at the ______type receptor. - Correct
answers✔✔opiate
, Stimulating _____ receptors can relive anxiety - Correct answers✔✔serotonin
Depressed people - Correct answers✔✔have a shortened REM latency, i.e. the time it takes them
to enter dream sleep
The permissive theory of depression and mania states that - Correct answers✔✔5-HT is
depressed and NE is elected to be maniac
Ketamine can reverse the symptoms of depression within ______ by increasing the levels of
_______ the brain. - Correct answers✔✔one day, BDNF
Which of the following drugs is an antagonist at its receptor site? - Correct
answers✔✔Scopolamine
Ratings of religiosity and spirituality inversely correlated with the number of ____ receptors in
humans - Correct answers✔✔serotonin
The action of amphetamine include all of the following except: - Correct answers✔✔- a post-
synaptic receptor antagonist
Long-term, i.v. ampetamine use is associated with permanent vascular damage in the brain
because - Correct answers✔✔there is an abrupt increase in blood pressure in the small vessels of
the brain
Which of the following conditions would induce depression? - Correct answers✔✔withdrawal
from amphetamine use, stopping smoking, reserpine use
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Drug-induced super sensitivity is produced by.... - Correct answers✔✔produced primarily by
pharmacological antagonists
Which drug does NOT produce tachycardia, hypertension, mydriasis, and pyrexia? - Correct
answers✔✔morphine
Increased firing of descending _____ neurons, innervating _____ interneurons within the VTA
lead to hypo function of _____neurons innervating the frontal loves of Schizophrenic patients is
hypothesized explain the _____symptoms. - Correct answers✔✔glutamate, GABA, dopamine,
negative
The most active ingredient in Khat is... - Correct answers✔✔Cathinone
Cocaine's ability to act as local analgesic is due to... - Correct answers✔✔the blockade of sodium
channels
Lithium treatment appears to require the activation of signaling by which of the following
neurotransmitters? - Correct answers✔✔VGF
T or F: the psychological effects of LSD far outlast its presence in the brain - Correct
answers✔✔True
The hallucinogen Salvinorin A is thought to act at the ______type receptor. - Correct
answers✔✔opiate
, Stimulating _____ receptors can relive anxiety - Correct answers✔✔serotonin
Depressed people - Correct answers✔✔have a shortened REM latency, i.e. the time it takes them
to enter dream sleep
The permissive theory of depression and mania states that - Correct answers✔✔5-HT is
depressed and NE is elected to be maniac
Ketamine can reverse the symptoms of depression within ______ by increasing the levels of
_______ the brain. - Correct answers✔✔one day, BDNF
Which of the following drugs is an antagonist at its receptor site? - Correct
answers✔✔Scopolamine
Ratings of religiosity and spirituality inversely correlated with the number of ____ receptors in
humans - Correct answers✔✔serotonin
The action of amphetamine include all of the following except: - Correct answers✔✔- a post-
synaptic receptor antagonist
Long-term, i.v. ampetamine use is associated with permanent vascular damage in the brain
because - Correct answers✔✔there is an abrupt increase in blood pressure in the small vessels of
the brain
Which of the following conditions would induce depression? - Correct answers✔✔withdrawal
from amphetamine use, stopping smoking, reserpine use
