NR 546 Advanced Pharmacology Psychopharmacology for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Midterm Exam Week 4

NR 546 Advanced Pharmacology Psychopharmacology
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for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
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Midterm Exam Week 4 fy fy fy




1. How does the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) affect the amygdala?:inhibits andactivates
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2. Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following?:speech compre-hension
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3. The limbic system is associated with which of the following:emotion andlearning
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4. Which brain structure is most associated with long term memory?:hip-
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pocampus
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,5. When prescribing psychotropic medications,the PMHNP knows that these
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medications work within which specific areas?: mood
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6. Which of the following are involved in regulating neurotransmission via ex- citation-
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secretion coupling?: voltage-sensitive sodium channels and voltage-sen- sitive calcium
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7. What system influences the length of time for a drug to achieve efficacy?:-
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signal transduction cascades
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8. One of the signal transduction cascades,pass the message from a firstreceptor to
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fy a second messenger.:G protein linked systems
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9. Human central nervous system communication at synapses is which of thefollowing?:
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chemical
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10. Which of the following is an excitatory neurotransmitter?:glutamate
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11. Whichstatement correctlypairs thepharmacodynamic effectwith itsdefi-nition?:
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, antagonist effect- drugbindstoreceptor, butdoesnot activate aresponse
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12. A major current hypothesis for the cause of schizophrenia proposes thatN-methyl-
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d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors may be which of the following? Correct!:
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hypofunctional
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13. Which medication is least associated with weight gain?:aripiprazole
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14. Which dopamine pathway is associated with positive symptoms of schiz-
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ophrenia?:mesolimbic pathway
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15. Which pathway is associated with negative symptoms?:The mesocorticalpathway
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16. Is part of the extrapyramidal nervous system and associated with ex-
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trapyramidal symptoms (EPS): nigrostriatal pathway
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17. This pathway is associated with hyperprolactinemia.:The tuberoinfundibu-lar
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18. A 34-year old male recently began experiencing breast secretions while receiving
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fy risperidone .Which dopamine pathway is associated with this sideeffect?:
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