NURS 136 EXAM 1 GALEN COLLEGE NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
What does serotonin help regulate? - (answer) sleep, hunger, mood, pain, hormone activity,
aggression, and sexual behavior.
Low serotonin levels are associated with what? - (answer) depression
where are serotonin receptors present? - (answer) CNS and GI tract
what does norepinephrine help regulate? - (answer) mood, attention and arousal, stimulates SNS
what are high norepinephrine levels associated with? - (answer) mania, anxiety, and schizophrenia
what are low levels of norepinephrine associated with? - (answer) depression
what does dopamine help regulate? - (answer) fine muscle movement, emotion and thought, decision
making, addiction, stimulates hypothalamus to release or suppress hormones
low dopamine levels associated with what? - (answer) depression and Parkinson's
high dopamine levels are associated with what? - (answer) schizophrenia and mania
GABA helps regulate what? - (answer) aggression, excitation, anxiety and pain perception.
low levels of GABA are associated with what? - (answer) anxiety, schizophrenia, mania, Huntington's
disease
high levels of GABA are associated with what? - (answer) reduced anxiety, impaired cognition, impaired
psychomotor functioning
Autonomic nervous system acts as a link between what? - (answer) brain, cardiac muscle, smooth
muscle, and glands.
, NURS 136 EXAM 1 GALEN COLLEGE NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
what does the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis do? - (answer) HPTA influences the functions of
nerve cells in the brain and gets rid of body functions that are non-essential during fight or flight
important to normal and abnormal mental functioning
what does cortisol do? - (answer) releases glucose, increases brain's use of glucose, increases
availability of substances that repair tissues (inflammation)
what does adrenaline do? - (answer) elevates HR and BP, increases energy supply
longterm activation of HPTA disrupts ____ and puts individuals at risk for what? - (answer) 1. almost all
body processes
2. DM 2, HTN, wt gain, digestive irregularities, heart disease, sleep disturbances, anxiety and depression.
what are the most common causes of disturbances in mental function? - (answer) drugs, hormones,
infection, and physical trauma.
what is the action of psychotropic drugs? - (answer) increases or decreases the activity of certain
neurotransmitter-receptor systems
what do agonist drugs do? - (answer) mimic the effects of neurotransmitters in the brain by binding to
and stimulating the receptor site
what do antagonist drugs do? - (answer) block the neurotransmitters, obstructing neurotransmitters
action
what is reuptake? - (answer) the process of neurotransmitters inactivation
what's the action of anti-anxiety (anxiolytic) meds? - (answer) depresses the CNS by potentiating
GABA.
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
What does serotonin help regulate? - (answer) sleep, hunger, mood, pain, hormone activity,
aggression, and sexual behavior.
Low serotonin levels are associated with what? - (answer) depression
where are serotonin receptors present? - (answer) CNS and GI tract
what does norepinephrine help regulate? - (answer) mood, attention and arousal, stimulates SNS
what are high norepinephrine levels associated with? - (answer) mania, anxiety, and schizophrenia
what are low levels of norepinephrine associated with? - (answer) depression
what does dopamine help regulate? - (answer) fine muscle movement, emotion and thought, decision
making, addiction, stimulates hypothalamus to release or suppress hormones
low dopamine levels associated with what? - (answer) depression and Parkinson's
high dopamine levels are associated with what? - (answer) schizophrenia and mania
GABA helps regulate what? - (answer) aggression, excitation, anxiety and pain perception.
low levels of GABA are associated with what? - (answer) anxiety, schizophrenia, mania, Huntington's
disease
high levels of GABA are associated with what? - (answer) reduced anxiety, impaired cognition, impaired
psychomotor functioning
Autonomic nervous system acts as a link between what? - (answer) brain, cardiac muscle, smooth
muscle, and glands.
, NURS 136 EXAM 1 GALEN COLLEGE NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
what does the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis do? - (answer) HPTA influences the functions of
nerve cells in the brain and gets rid of body functions that are non-essential during fight or flight
important to normal and abnormal mental functioning
what does cortisol do? - (answer) releases glucose, increases brain's use of glucose, increases
availability of substances that repair tissues (inflammation)
what does adrenaline do? - (answer) elevates HR and BP, increases energy supply
longterm activation of HPTA disrupts ____ and puts individuals at risk for what? - (answer) 1. almost all
body processes
2. DM 2, HTN, wt gain, digestive irregularities, heart disease, sleep disturbances, anxiety and depression.
what are the most common causes of disturbances in mental function? - (answer) drugs, hormones,
infection, and physical trauma.
what is the action of psychotropic drugs? - (answer) increases or decreases the activity of certain
neurotransmitter-receptor systems
what do agonist drugs do? - (answer) mimic the effects of neurotransmitters in the brain by binding to
and stimulating the receptor site
what do antagonist drugs do? - (answer) block the neurotransmitters, obstructing neurotransmitters
action
what is reuptake? - (answer) the process of neurotransmitters inactivation
what's the action of anti-anxiety (anxiolytic) meds? - (answer) depresses the CNS by potentiating
GABA.
