Psychopharmacology: Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior,

TEST BANK For Psychopharmacology Dru
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gs the Brain and Behavior 3rd Edition
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By Meyer Nursing, Verified Chapters 1 - 20
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,Chapterx1.xPrinciplesxofxPharmacology
Chapterx2.xStructurexandxFunctionxofxthexNervousxSystem
Chapterx3.xChemicalxSignalingxbyxNeurotransmittersxandxHormones
Chapterx4.xMethodsxofxResearchxinxPsychopharmacology
Chapterx5.xCatecholamines
Chapterx6.xSerotonin
Chapterx7.xAcetylcholine
Chapterx8.xGlutamatexandxGABA
Chapterx9.xDrugxAbusexandxAddiction
Chapterx10.xAlcohol
Chapterx11.xThexOpioids
Chapterx12.xPsychomotorxStimulants:xCocaine,xAmphetamine,xandxRelatedxDrugs
Chapterx13.xNicotinexandxCaffeine
Chapterx14.xMarijuanaxandxthexCannabinoids
Chapterx15.xHallucinogens,xPCP,xandxKetamine
Chapterx16.xInhalants,xGHB,xandxAnabolic-AndrogenicxSteroids
Chapterx17.xDisordersxofxAnxietyxandxImpulsivityxandxthexDrugsxUsedxtoxTreatxThesexDisor
ders
Chapterx18.xAffectivexDisorders:xAntidepressantsxandxMoodxStabilizers
Chapterx19.xSchizophrenia:xAntipsychoticxDrugs
Chapterx20.xNeurodegenerativexDiseasesx




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, CHAPTERX1:XPRINCIPLESXOFXPHARMACOLOGY


MultiplexChoice


1. x
refer(s)xtoxspecificxmolecularxchangesxthatxoccurxwhenxaxdrugxbindsxtoxaxparticularxt
argetxsitexorxreceptor,xwhile
arexthexresultingxwidespreadxalterationsxinxfunction.
a. Drugxaction;xtherapeuticxeffects
b. Sidexeffects;xdrugxeffects
c. Therapeuticxeffects;xsidexeffects
d. Drugxaction;xdrugxeffects
ANSWER:xd
TextbookxReference:xPharmacology:xThexSciencexofxDrugxAction


2. Afterxdrugxadministrationxhasxoccurred,xthexamountxofxdrugxinxthexbloodxthatxisxfreex
toxbindxatxspecificxtargetxsitesxisxreferredxtoxas
a. thextherapeuticxdose.
b. first-passxeffects.
c. bioavailability.
d. ED50.
ANSWER:xc
TextbookxReference:xPharmacokineticxFactorsxDeterminingxDrugxAction


3. Thexspecificxmolecularxchangesxthatxoccurxwhenxaxdrugxbindsxtoxaxparticularxtargetxsi
texorxreceptorxarexreferredxtoxas
a. drugxeffects.
b. drugxaction.
c. sidexeffects.

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, d. placeboxeffects.
ANSWER:xb
TextbookxReference:xPharmacology:xThexSciencexofxDrugxAction


4. Whichxofxthexfollowingxisxnotxaxpossiblexexplanationxforxplaceboxeffects?
a. Pavlovianxconditioning
b. Geneticxvariation
c. Drugxcompetition
d. Expectationxofxoutcome
ANSWER:xc
TextbookxReference:xPharmacology:xThexSciencexofxDrugxAction




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