Study Questions and Answers 2021/2022
What are the basic mechanisms by which neuropharmocologic agents act? o Can modify the disease process o Act at the sites of actions which is the axons versus synapses and steps in synaptic transmission and effects of drugs on the steps of synaptic transmission Transmittter synthesis is the first step in transmission. What are the other 4 steps? o Transmitter storage, transmitter release, receptor binding, and termination of the transmission True or False: Neuropharmacologic drugs have high selectivity. o True—the nervous system uses many different receptor types Information needed: o Type of receptors—through which the drug acts Alpha and beta o Normal responses to the activation of those receptors Agonists vs. antagonists o What the drug in questions does to the receptor function What are the 3 functions of ANS?
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