NURS 5357 NEUROBIOLOGY EVALUATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What does selective attention involve? - ✔✔Filtering out relevant from irrelevant
stimuli.
✔✔What brain structure is associated with sustained attention problems in ADHD? -
✔✔Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
✔✔How do ADHD symptoms change as individuals move into adulthood? - ✔✔They
typically experience a decline in impulsive and hyperactive symptoms and more
attention-related symptoms.
✔✔What difficulties do adults with ADHD face? - ✔✔Maintaining focus, organizing
tasks, and managing time effectively.
✔✔What is the most devastating dementia-related disease? - ✔✔Alzheimer's dementia.
✔✔What pathology is associated with Alzheimer's disease? - ✔✔Amyloid plaques and
tau protein dysfunction.
✔✔What does diagnostic testing for Alzheimer's show about tau protein? - ✔✔It is
increased in the cerebrospinal fluid.
✔✔What characterizes prefrontal dementia? - ✔✔Progressive behavior and personality
changes that impair social conduct.
✔✔How does nicotine affect dopamine release? - ✔✔It stimulates nicotinic
acetylcholine receptors which then release dopamine.
✔✔What effect does alcohol have in the ventral tegmental area? - ✔✔It increases the
GABA effect and decreases glutamate.
✔✔What do hallucinogens like LSD and psilocybin act as? - ✔✔Agonists at the 5HT2A
receptors.
✔✔What neurotransmitter plays the most important role in addiction? - ✔✔Dopamine.
✔✔What problems do ADHD patients face with sustained attention? - ✔✔Difficulty
staying on task, relying on others to follow through, and organizing homework.
✔✔How does inattention manifest in preschoolers? - ✔✔It is difficult to recognize but
becomes more apparent with age.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What does selective attention involve? - ✔✔Filtering out relevant from irrelevant
stimuli.
✔✔What brain structure is associated with sustained attention problems in ADHD? -
✔✔Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
✔✔How do ADHD symptoms change as individuals move into adulthood? - ✔✔They
typically experience a decline in impulsive and hyperactive symptoms and more
attention-related symptoms.
✔✔What difficulties do adults with ADHD face? - ✔✔Maintaining focus, organizing
tasks, and managing time effectively.
✔✔What is the most devastating dementia-related disease? - ✔✔Alzheimer's dementia.
✔✔What pathology is associated with Alzheimer's disease? - ✔✔Amyloid plaques and
tau protein dysfunction.
✔✔What does diagnostic testing for Alzheimer's show about tau protein? - ✔✔It is
increased in the cerebrospinal fluid.
✔✔What characterizes prefrontal dementia? - ✔✔Progressive behavior and personality
changes that impair social conduct.
✔✔How does nicotine affect dopamine release? - ✔✔It stimulates nicotinic
acetylcholine receptors which then release dopamine.
✔✔What effect does alcohol have in the ventral tegmental area? - ✔✔It increases the
GABA effect and decreases glutamate.
✔✔What do hallucinogens like LSD and psilocybin act as? - ✔✔Agonists at the 5HT2A
receptors.
✔✔What neurotransmitter plays the most important role in addiction? - ✔✔Dopamine.
✔✔What problems do ADHD patients face with sustained attention? - ✔✔Difficulty
staying on task, relying on others to follow through, and organizing homework.
✔✔How does inattention manifest in preschoolers? - ✔✔It is difficult to recognize but
becomes more apparent with age.
