NR546 Psychopharm Midterm

A 34-year old male recently began experiencing breast secretions while receiving risperidone . Which dopamine pathway is associated with this side effect? - tuberoinfundibular pathway A 44-year-old woman is initiated on an atypical antipsychotic for the treatment of schizophrenia. Regarding affinity, atypical antipsychotics demonstrate which of the following most often? - Atypical antipsychotics have equal positive symptom antipsychotic actions and low extrapyramidal symptoms. A group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements - basal ganglia A group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements, cognition, and emotion. Movement disorders include Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and Tourette syndrome. - Basal ganglia A group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements, cognition, and emotion. movement disorders include Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and Tourette syndrome. The striatum is a group of structures that includes the caudate, putamen, and nucleus accumbens. The dorsal striatum contains the caudate nucleus and the putamen. The ventral striatum contains the nucleus accumbens. Both are involved in facilitating voluntary movement. - Basal Ganglia