WALDEN NURS 6630
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2024/2025
classic synaptic neurotransmission - ANS >>stimulation of a presynaptic neuron (e.g., by
neurotransmitters, light, drugs, hormones, nerve impulses) causes electrical impulses to be sent to its
axon terminal. These electrical impulses are then converted into chemical messengers and released to
stimulate the receptors of a postsynaptic neuron.
The synaptic cleft - ANS >>is the gap between the presynaptic neuron and the postsynaptic neuron; it
contains proteins and scaffolding and molecular forms of "synaptic glue" to reinforce the connection
between the neurons. Receptors are present on both sides of this cleft and are key elements of chemical
neurotransmission.
the soma - ANS >>is the command center of the nerve and contains the nucleus of the cell
axon - ANS >>Neurons send information via an ____ that forms presynaptic terminals as the ____ passes
by (en passant) or as the ____ ends
axodendritic - ANS >>synaptic connections between the axon and dendrites of two neurons
axosomatic - ANS >>synaptic connections between the axon and the soma
axoaxonic - ANS >>synaptic connections between axons of the two neurons
The chemical basis of neurotransmission - ANS >>is how chemical signals are coded, decoded,
transduced, and sent along the way.
The anatomical basis of neurotransmission - ANS >>is neurons and the connections between them,
called synapses, sometimes also called the anatomically addressed nervous system, a complex of "hard-
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2024/2025
classic synaptic neurotransmission - ANS >>stimulation of a presynaptic neuron (e.g., by
neurotransmitters, light, drugs, hormones, nerve impulses) causes electrical impulses to be sent to its
axon terminal. These electrical impulses are then converted into chemical messengers and released to
stimulate the receptors of a postsynaptic neuron.
The synaptic cleft - ANS >>is the gap between the presynaptic neuron and the postsynaptic neuron; it
contains proteins and scaffolding and molecular forms of "synaptic glue" to reinforce the connection
between the neurons. Receptors are present on both sides of this cleft and are key elements of chemical
neurotransmission.
the soma - ANS >>is the command center of the nerve and contains the nucleus of the cell
axon - ANS >>Neurons send information via an ____ that forms presynaptic terminals as the ____ passes
by (en passant) or as the ____ ends
axodendritic - ANS >>synaptic connections between the axon and dendrites of two neurons
axosomatic - ANS >>synaptic connections between the axon and the soma
axoaxonic - ANS >>synaptic connections between axons of the two neurons
The chemical basis of neurotransmission - ANS >>is how chemical signals are coded, decoded,
transduced, and sent along the way.
The anatomical basis of neurotransmission - ANS >>is neurons and the connections between them,
called synapses, sometimes also called the anatomically addressed nervous system, a complex of "hard-
