PSY 319 |332 questions | with correct answers

- Answer Psychopharmacology includes the study of psychoactive drugs and drugs of abuse. List of terms that covers all the themes in pharmacokinetics - Answer absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. The _______________ route of drug administration has the advantage of bypassing the blood-brain barrier. - Answer intracerebroventricular route If the therapeutic index of Drug X is low... - Answer physicians should take more care in prescribing it due to an increased chance of risks. Withdrawal - Answer With repeated drug administration, the body begins to compensate for drug use by causing symptoms opposite of what the drug causes. An antagonistic effect on neurotransmitter synthesis includes - Answer blocking a precursor A drug prevents neurotransmitter release by deactivating docking proteins. This drug would be considered a/an - Answer antagonist PCP binds to an alternate binding site for the NMDA glutamate receptor, causing less neurotransmitter action. This binding action makes PCP a/an - Answer indirect antagonist Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)