FULL TEST BANK FOR
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY DRUGS THE
BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 3RD EDITION
BY MEYER NURSING, COMPLETE
CHAPTERS 1 - 20
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY ..................................................... 3
CHAPTER 2: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ................. 19
CHAPTER 3: CHEMICAL SIGNALING BY NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND HORMONES
......................................................................................................................... 35
CHAPTER 4: METHODS OF RESEARCH IN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY ................... 53
CHAPTER 5: CATECHOLAMINES ......................................................................... 73
CHAPTER 6: SEROTONIN.................................................................................... 91
CHAPTER 7: ACETYLCHOLINE ........................................................................... 109
CHAPTER 8: GLUTAMATE AND GABA .............................................................. 125
CHAPTER 9: DRUG ABUSE AND ADDICTION ..................................................... 141
CHAPTER 10: ALCOHOL ................................................................................... 159
CHAPTER 11: THE OPIOIDS .............................................................................. 176
CHAPTER 12: PSYCHOMOTOR STIMULANTS: COCAINE AND THE AMPHETAMINES
....................................................................................................................... 197
CHAPTER 13: NICOTINE AND CAFFEINE ........................................................... 220
CHAPTER 14: MARIJUANA AND THE CANNABINOIDS ...................................... 239
CHAPTER 15: HALLUCINOGENS, PCP, AND KETAMINE ..................................... 258
CHAPTER 16: INHALANTS, GHB, AND ANABOLIC–ANDROGENIC STEROIDS ...... 276
CHAPTER 17: DISORDERS OF ANXIETY AND IMPULSIVITY AND THE DRUGS USED
TO TREAT THESE DISORDERS ........................................................................... 294
CHAPTER 18: AFFECTIVE DISORDERS: ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND MOOD
STABILIZERS .................................................................................................... 314
CHAPTER 19: SCHIZOPHRENIA: ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS .................................. 333
CHAPTER 20: NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS ............................................ 353
,CHAPTER 1: PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. REFER(S) TO SPECIFIC MOLECULAR CHANGES THAT OCCUR WHEN A DRUG BINDS TO A
PARTICULAR TARGET SITE OR RECEPTOR, WHILE ARE THE RESULTING WIDESPREAD ALTERATIONS IN
FUNCTION.
A. DRUG ACTION; THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS
B. SIDE EFFECTS; DRUG EFFECTS
C. THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS; SIDE EFFECTS
D. DRUG ACTION; DRUG EFFECTS
ANS: D
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF DRUG ACTION
2. AFTER DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS OCCURRED, THE AMOUNT OF DRUG IN THE BLOOD THAT IS
FREE TO BIND AT SPECIFIC TARGET SITES IS REFERRED TO AS
A. THE THERAPEUTIC DOSE.
B. FIRST-PASS EFFECTS.
C. BIOAVAILABILITY.
D. ED50.
ANS: C
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
3. THE SPECIFIC MOLECULAR CHANGES THAT OCCUR WHEN A DRUG BINDS TO A PARTICULAR
TARGET SITEOR RECEPTOR ARE REFERRED TO AS
A. DRUG EFFECTS.
B. DRUG ACTION.
C. SIDE EFFECTS.
D. PLACEBO EFFECTS.
, ANS: B
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF DRUG ACTION
4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR PLACEBO EFFECTS?
A. PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING
B. GENETIC VARIATION
C. DRUG COMPETITION
D. EXPECTATION OF OUTCOME
ANS: C
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF DRUG ACTION
5. THE ADMINISTRATION OF OXYTOCIN HAS BEEN PROPOSED AS A TREATMENT FOR AUTISM.
A. INTRAVENOUS
B. ORAL
C. INTRANASAL
D. INTRACEREBRAL
ANS: C
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
6. WHICH FACTOR DOES NOT AFFECT THE PHARMACOKINETICS OF A DRUG?
A. ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION
B. LIPID SOLUBILITY
C. DEPOT BINDING
D. DRUG ACTION
ANS: D
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
7. FIRST-PASS METABOLISM OCCURS WHEN DRUGS ARE TAKEN
A. ORALLY.
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY DRUGS THE
BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 3RD EDITION
BY MEYER NURSING, COMPLETE
CHAPTERS 1 - 20
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY ..................................................... 3
CHAPTER 2: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ................. 19
CHAPTER 3: CHEMICAL SIGNALING BY NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND HORMONES
......................................................................................................................... 35
CHAPTER 4: METHODS OF RESEARCH IN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY ................... 53
CHAPTER 5: CATECHOLAMINES ......................................................................... 73
CHAPTER 6: SEROTONIN.................................................................................... 91
CHAPTER 7: ACETYLCHOLINE ........................................................................... 109
CHAPTER 8: GLUTAMATE AND GABA .............................................................. 125
CHAPTER 9: DRUG ABUSE AND ADDICTION ..................................................... 141
CHAPTER 10: ALCOHOL ................................................................................... 159
CHAPTER 11: THE OPIOIDS .............................................................................. 176
CHAPTER 12: PSYCHOMOTOR STIMULANTS: COCAINE AND THE AMPHETAMINES
....................................................................................................................... 197
CHAPTER 13: NICOTINE AND CAFFEINE ........................................................... 220
CHAPTER 14: MARIJUANA AND THE CANNABINOIDS ...................................... 239
CHAPTER 15: HALLUCINOGENS, PCP, AND KETAMINE ..................................... 258
CHAPTER 16: INHALANTS, GHB, AND ANABOLIC–ANDROGENIC STEROIDS ...... 276
CHAPTER 17: DISORDERS OF ANXIETY AND IMPULSIVITY AND THE DRUGS USED
TO TREAT THESE DISORDERS ........................................................................... 294
CHAPTER 18: AFFECTIVE DISORDERS: ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND MOOD
STABILIZERS .................................................................................................... 314
CHAPTER 19: SCHIZOPHRENIA: ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS .................................. 333
CHAPTER 20: NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS ............................................ 353
,CHAPTER 1: PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. REFER(S) TO SPECIFIC MOLECULAR CHANGES THAT OCCUR WHEN A DRUG BINDS TO A
PARTICULAR TARGET SITE OR RECEPTOR, WHILE ARE THE RESULTING WIDESPREAD ALTERATIONS IN
FUNCTION.
A. DRUG ACTION; THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS
B. SIDE EFFECTS; DRUG EFFECTS
C. THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS; SIDE EFFECTS
D. DRUG ACTION; DRUG EFFECTS
ANS: D
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF DRUG ACTION
2. AFTER DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS OCCURRED, THE AMOUNT OF DRUG IN THE BLOOD THAT IS
FREE TO BIND AT SPECIFIC TARGET SITES IS REFERRED TO AS
A. THE THERAPEUTIC DOSE.
B. FIRST-PASS EFFECTS.
C. BIOAVAILABILITY.
D. ED50.
ANS: C
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
3. THE SPECIFIC MOLECULAR CHANGES THAT OCCUR WHEN A DRUG BINDS TO A PARTICULAR
TARGET SITEOR RECEPTOR ARE REFERRED TO AS
A. DRUG EFFECTS.
B. DRUG ACTION.
C. SIDE EFFECTS.
D. PLACEBO EFFECTS.
, ANS: B
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF DRUG ACTION
4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR PLACEBO EFFECTS?
A. PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING
B. GENETIC VARIATION
C. DRUG COMPETITION
D. EXPECTATION OF OUTCOME
ANS: C
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF DRUG ACTION
5. THE ADMINISTRATION OF OXYTOCIN HAS BEEN PROPOSED AS A TREATMENT FOR AUTISM.
A. INTRAVENOUS
B. ORAL
C. INTRANASAL
D. INTRACEREBRAL
ANS: C
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
6. WHICH FACTOR DOES NOT AFFECT THE PHARMACOKINETICS OF A DRUG?
A. ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION
B. LIPID SOLUBILITY
C. DEPOT BINDING
D. DRUG ACTION
ANS: D
TEXTBOOK REFERENCE: PHARMACOKINETIC FACTORS DETERMINING DRUG ACTION
7. FIRST-PASS METABOLISM OCCURS WHEN DRUGS ARE TAKEN
A. ORALLY.
