STAHL'S ESSENTIAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY:
NEUROSCIENTIFIC BASIS AND PRACTICAL
APPLICATIONS (5TH EDITION)Q&A
largely the story of chemical neurotransmission - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Modern psychopharmacology is
Anatomically, chemically, and electrically - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅neurotransmission can be described as
Neurons (nerve cells) - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Anatomical
neurotransmission occurs through
axoaxonic synapse - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅synapse between axon of
one neuron and axon of another neuron
axodendritic synapse - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅between axon terminals of
one neuron and dendrites of others
axosomatic synapse - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅axon terminal ends on cell
body (soma)
axoaxonic, axodendritic, axosomatic synapses - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Axoaxonic- The strongest signal. "The brakes" axon connecting to
another axon. They can increase or decrease the effect of axodendritic signals
by opening and closing Ca2+ channels.
Axodendritic- Most common but also the weakest. Axon connecting to the
dendrite of another cell.
, Axosomatic- axon of one cell connecting to the soma of another. Axosomatic is
not selective in inhibition, it will block a signal from all dendrites on the cell
where as axodendritic will only block the effects from one synapse.
neuron malfunction - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅behavioral symptoms may
occur
when drugs alter the neuronal function - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅behavioral symptoms may be relieved, worsen, or be produced
en passant synapse - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅axon stimulates a synapse
secondarily on its way to another neuron
Serotonin (5HT), Norepinephrine, dopamine, acetylcholine, glutamate, GABA
(y-aminobutyric acid) - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Six key neurotransmitter
systems
B-endorphin - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅a neurotransmitter that serves as a
natural painkiller
Anandamide - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅endogenous cannabinoid
The striatum (basal ganglia) - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅has dopamine
reuptake pumps in abundance
basal ganglia function - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Direct input from frontal
lobe, facilitates motor movements, inhibits unneeded movements
Spatial-temporal aspects of speech
NEUROSCIENTIFIC BASIS AND PRACTICAL
APPLICATIONS (5TH EDITION)Q&A
largely the story of chemical neurotransmission - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Modern psychopharmacology is
Anatomically, chemically, and electrically - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅neurotransmission can be described as
Neurons (nerve cells) - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Anatomical
neurotransmission occurs through
axoaxonic synapse - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅synapse between axon of
one neuron and axon of another neuron
axodendritic synapse - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅between axon terminals of
one neuron and dendrites of others
axosomatic synapse - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅axon terminal ends on cell
body (soma)
axoaxonic, axodendritic, axosomatic synapses - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Axoaxonic- The strongest signal. "The brakes" axon connecting to
another axon. They can increase or decrease the effect of axodendritic signals
by opening and closing Ca2+ channels.
Axodendritic- Most common but also the weakest. Axon connecting to the
dendrite of another cell.
, Axosomatic- axon of one cell connecting to the soma of another. Axosomatic is
not selective in inhibition, it will block a signal from all dendrites on the cell
where as axodendritic will only block the effects from one synapse.
neuron malfunction - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅behavioral symptoms may
occur
when drugs alter the neuronal function - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅behavioral symptoms may be relieved, worsen, or be produced
en passant synapse - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅axon stimulates a synapse
secondarily on its way to another neuron
Serotonin (5HT), Norepinephrine, dopamine, acetylcholine, glutamate, GABA
(y-aminobutyric acid) - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Six key neurotransmitter
systems
B-endorphin - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅a neurotransmitter that serves as a
natural painkiller
Anandamide - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅endogenous cannabinoid
The striatum (basal ganglia) - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅has dopamine
reuptake pumps in abundance
basal ganglia function - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Direct input from frontal
lobe, facilitates motor movements, inhibits unneeded movements
Spatial-temporal aspects of speech
