Psychopharmacology Drugs the Brain
and Behavior 4th Edition by Meyer Nursing,
All Chapters 1-20
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,TABLE OF CONTENT
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ChapterI1.IPrinciplesIofIPharmacology
ChapterI2.IStructureIandIFunctionIofItheINervousISystem
ChapterI3.IChemicalISignalingIbyINeurotransmittersIandIHormones
ChapterI4.IMethodsIofIResearchIinIPsychopharmacology
ChapterI5.ICatecholamines
ChapterI6.ISerotonin
ChapterI7.IAcetylcholine
ChapterI8.IGlutamateIandIGABA
ChapterI9.IDrugIAbuseIandIAddiction
ChapterI10.IAlcohol
ChapterI11.ITheIOpioids
ChapterI12.IPsychomotorIStimulants:ICocaine,IAmphetamine,IandIRelatedIDrugs
ChapterI13.INicotineIandICaffeine
ChapterI14.IMarijuanaIandItheICannabinoids
ChapterI15.IHallucinogens,IPCP,IandIKetamine
ChapterI16.IInhalants,IGHB,IandIAnabolic-AndrogenicISteroids
ChapterI17.IDisordersIofIAnxietyIandIImpulsivityIandItheIDrugsIUsedItoITreatITheseIDisorders
ChapterI18.IAffectiveIDisorders:IAntidepressantsIandIMoodIStabilizers
ChapterI19.ISchizophrenia:IAntipsychoticIDrugs
ChapterI20.INeurodegenerativeIDiseasesI
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, Chapter 1: Principles of Pharmacology
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MultipleIChoice
1. I
refer(s)ItoIspecificImolecularIchangesIthatIoccurIwhenIaIdrugIbindsItoIaIparticularItarge
tIsiteIorIreceptor,Iwhile
areItheIresultingIwidespreadIalterationsIinIfunction.
a. DrugIaction;ItherapeuticIeffects
b. SideIeffects;IdrugIeffects
c. TherapeuticIeffects;IsideIeffects
d. DrugIaction;IdrugIeffects
ANSWER:Id
TextbookIReference:IPharmacology:ITheIScienceIofIDrugIAction
2. AfterIdrugIadministrationIhasIoccurred,ItheIamountIofIdrugIinItheIbloodIthatIisIfreeItoIbin
dIatIspecificItargetIsitesIisIreferredItoIas
a. theItherapeuticIdose.
b. first-passIeffects.
c. bioavailability.
d. ED50.
ANSWER:Ic
TextbookIReference:IPharmacokineticIFactorsIDeterminingIDrugIAction
3. TheIspecificImolecularIchangesIthatIoccurIwhenIaIdrugIbindsItoIaIparticularItargetIsiteIorI
receptorIareIreferredItoIas
a. drugIeffects.
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, b. drugIaction.
c. sideIeffects.
d. placeboIeffects.
ANSWER:Ib
TextbookIReference:IPharmacology:ITheIScienceIofIDrugIAction
4. WhichIofItheIfollowingIisInotIaIpossibleIexplanationIforIplaceboIeffects?
a. PavlovianIconditioning
b. GeneticIvariation
c. DrugIcompetition
d. ExpectationIofIoutcome
ANSWER:Ic
TextbookIReference:IPharmacology:ITheIScienceIofIDrugIAction
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