NURS 5357 NEUROBIOLOGY EXAM 4
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SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ REM latency is decreased in all of the following except?
Answer: Generalized anxiety
◉ Which of the following is true?
Answer: PET scans show decreased cerebral blood flow during SWS
◉ All of the following are true regarding sleep and aging except?
Answer: REM sleep increases in the latter part of life
◉ Which of the following is active during the night in humans?
Answer: VLPO
◉ Which of the following systems is active during arousal and REM
sleep?
Answer: cholinergic
◉ possible functions for sleep include all of the following except?
,Answer: neurotransmitter reaccumulation
◉ All of the following are true about continuous performance tests
except:
Answer: elderly subjects perform worst
◉ a delayed-response task measures:
Answer: working memory
◉ the goal of neurofeedback is for the subject to improve their
attention by spending more time in which rhythm?
Answer: beta
◉ Stimulant medications improve attention and concentration
through the following mechanism except?
Answer: Increase NE efflux in the striatum
◉ Activity at the nucleus accumbens (or striatum) helps explain all
of the following except?
Answer: Working memory
◉ Children who fail to "grow out" of ADHD show all of the following
except?
, Answer: Compensatory thickening of the parietal gray matter
◉ Which structure is associated with which finding in ADHD?
Prefrontal cortex
Answer: working memory
◉ Which structure is associated with which finding in ADHD?
Cerbellum
Answer: Temporal processing
◉ Which structure is associated with which finding in ADHD?
Nucleus accumbens
Answer: Delay of gratification
◉ Which structure is associated with which finding in ADHD?
Parietal cortex
Answer: Compensatory gray matter thickening
◉ ____ fiber respond only to noxious mechanical, heat and chemical
stimuli such as fire and chili
Answer: C
CERTIFICATION TEST PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ REM latency is decreased in all of the following except?
Answer: Generalized anxiety
◉ Which of the following is true?
Answer: PET scans show decreased cerebral blood flow during SWS
◉ All of the following are true regarding sleep and aging except?
Answer: REM sleep increases in the latter part of life
◉ Which of the following is active during the night in humans?
Answer: VLPO
◉ Which of the following systems is active during arousal and REM
sleep?
Answer: cholinergic
◉ possible functions for sleep include all of the following except?
,Answer: neurotransmitter reaccumulation
◉ All of the following are true about continuous performance tests
except:
Answer: elderly subjects perform worst
◉ a delayed-response task measures:
Answer: working memory
◉ the goal of neurofeedback is for the subject to improve their
attention by spending more time in which rhythm?
Answer: beta
◉ Stimulant medications improve attention and concentration
through the following mechanism except?
Answer: Increase NE efflux in the striatum
◉ Activity at the nucleus accumbens (or striatum) helps explain all
of the following except?
Answer: Working memory
◉ Children who fail to "grow out" of ADHD show all of the following
except?
, Answer: Compensatory thickening of the parietal gray matter
◉ Which structure is associated with which finding in ADHD?
Prefrontal cortex
Answer: working memory
◉ Which structure is associated with which finding in ADHD?
Cerbellum
Answer: Temporal processing
◉ Which structure is associated with which finding in ADHD?
Nucleus accumbens
Answer: Delay of gratification
◉ Which structure is associated with which finding in ADHD?
Parietal cortex
Answer: Compensatory gray matter thickening
◉ ____ fiber respond only to noxious mechanical, heat and chemical
stimuli such as fire and chili
Answer: C
