Sir Mix-A-Lot
____________, a late-appearing side effect of the conventional antipsychotic drugs, is characterized by repetitive, involuntary tic-like movements of the face, eyelids, mouth, tongue, extremities, and/or trunk.
A. Acute dystonia
B. Parkinsonism
C. Tardive dyskinesia
D. Akathisia
C. Tardive dyskinesia
The body's circadian rhythms are controlled by the:
a. suprachiasmatic nucleus.
b. caudate nucleus.
c. basal ganglia.
d. hippocampus.
a. suprachiasmatic nucleus
Which is brain structure is responsible for associating emotion with memories?
a. hippocampus
b. amygdala
c. thalamus
d. basal ganglia
b. amygdala
Drugs that block the activity of __________ produce dry mouth, blurred vision, postural hypotension, urinary retention, and tachycardia.
a. 5-HT
b. glycine
c. ACh
d. glutamate
c. ACh
Research conducted in the 1930s found that ablation of the anterior temporal lobes in male rhesus monkeys produced a variety of symptoms including hypersexuality, placidity, oral tendencies, and psychic blindness. This condition is known as __________ syndrome.
a. Kluver-Bucy
b. Gerstmann's
c. Grave's
d. Wernicke-Korsakoff
a. Kluver-Bucy
Memory loss associated with Alzheimer's dementia has been most consistently linked to abnormal levels of which of the following neurotransmitters?
a. epinephrine
b. norepinephrine
c. serotonin
d. acetylcholine
d. acetylcholine
A middle-aged man exhibits slurred speech, a lack of coordination, and tremors. If his symptoms are due to brain damage, the most likely location of the damage is the:
a. hippocampus.
b. cerebellum.
c. parietal lobe.
d. medulla.
b. cerebellum
*BONUS: Name a disorder related to damage to the cerebullum
Difficulty repeating words, phrases, or sentences uttered by another person is characteristic of all of the following types of aphasia except:
a. Broca's aphasia.
b. Wernicke's aphasia.
c. transcortical aphasia.
d. conduction aphasia.
c. transcortical aphasia
Drowsiness (sedation) is most likely to be an initial side effect of which of the following antidepressants?
A. fluoxetine (Prozac)
B. paroxetine (Paxil)
C. sertraline (Zoloft)
D. doxepin (Sinequan)
D. doxepin (Sinequan)
Doxepin is a tricyclic antidepressant, and drowsiness is one of the most common side effects of this drug (although it tends to decrease over time).
Long-term potentiation (LTP) is believed to underlie:
a. the sleep or wake cycle.
b. the experience of emotion.
c. motor coordination.
d. learning and memory.
d. learning and memory.
*BONUS: LTP occurs primarily in which brain structure?
As the result of a brain injury, Walter W. cannot recognize familiar objects by touch. Most likely, Walter has damage to his _______ lobes.
A. parietal
B. occipital
C. temporal
D. frontal
A. parietal
Following a head injury, a women exhibits dressing apraxia and tactile agnosia and doesn't comb the hair on the left side of her head. Which area of her brain has most likely been damaged?
a. frontal lobe
b. parietal lobe
c. temporal lobe
d. occipital lobe
b. parietal lobe
H.M. underwent a bilateral medial temporal lobectomy as treatment for severe epilepsy. Following the surgery, H.M. exhibited which of the following?
a. expressive aphasia
b. receptive aphasia
c. impairments in recent long-term memory
d. impairments in remote long-term memory
c. impairments in recent long-term memory
The atypical neuroleptic clozapine (Clozaril):
a. has a slower (longer) onset of therapeutic effects than the traditional neuroleptics do.
b. is less effective than the traditional neuroleptics for negative symptoms.
c. is more likely than the traditional neuroleptics to produce tardive dyskinesia.
d. does not produce anticholinergic side effects.
a. has a slower (longer) onset of therapeutic effects than the traditional neuroleptics do.
A(n) __________ does not produce a response on its own but interferes with or prevents the action of a neurotransmitter.
a. agonist
b. inverse agonist
c. partial agonist
d. antagonist
d. antagonist
*BONUS: Describe the difference between an agonist and an antagonist
Which of the following is most likely to be useful for treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
a. a drug that blocks the reuptake of serotonin
b. a drug that increases cholinergic activity
c. a drug that blocks the release of GABA
d. a drug that increases the availability of cortisol
a. a drug that blocks the reuptake of serotonin
Damage to which of the following would most likely result in impairments in the organization and coordination of voluntary motor responses?
a. mammillary bodies
b. suprachiasmatic nucleus
c. cingulate gyrus
d. basal ganglia
d. basal ganglia
A person with Wernicke's aphasia will:
A. have trouble understanding language without substantial deficits in producing language.
B. have trouble producing language without substantial deficits in understanding language.
C. have trouble understanding language and will speak slowly and with great difficulty.
D. have trouble understanding language and will have speech that is fluent but is largely devoid of meaning
D. have trouble understanding language and will have speech that is fluent but is largely devoid of meaning
Nausea, stomach cramps, excessive thirstiness, increased frequency of urination, muscle weakness, impaired memory, fine hand tremor, and weight gain are side effects most associated with which of the following?
A. lithium
B. carbamazepine
C. methylphenidate
D. fluoxetine
A. lithium
*BONUS:
1. Lithium is used to treat which disorder?
2. It effects which neurotransmitters?
A primary concern about the long-term use of chlorpromazine is that it may result in the development of which of the following?
A. acute hypertensive crisis
B. profound anterograde amnesia
C. tardive dyskinesia
D. renal toxicity
C. tardive dyskinesia
*BONUS: chlorpromazine is considered which type of drug and is primarily used to treat what disorder?
L-dopa is used to alleviate the symptoms of:
A. tardive dyskinesia.
B. Parkinson's disease.
C. Schizophrenia.
D. Tourettes Disorder.
B. Parkinson's disease.
*BONUS: In Schizophrenia, administering L-dopa would cause the symptoms to increase or decrease? Why?
A split-brain patient is staring straight ahead when the word "headband" is flashed directly in front of her. The woman will most likely report seeing which of the following?
a. headband
b. head
c. band
d. bandhead
c. band
The primary symptoms of Korsakoff's syndrome are:
A. amnesia and confabulation.
B. visual and auditory hallucinations.
C. irritability and aggression.
D. aphasia and disorientation.
A. amnesia and confabulation.
*BONUS: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome is related to damage/deficiency in which brain structure?
Propranolol and other beta-adrenergic blocking drugs:
A. are most effective for reducing palpitations, tachycardia, tremor, and other somatic manifestations of anxiety.
B. are most effective for reducing worry, apprehension, and other psychic (subjective) manifestations of anxiety.
C. are equally effective for reducing the somatic and the psychic manifestations of anxiety.
D. are equally ineffective for reducing the somatic and the psychic manifestations of anxiety.
A. are most effective for reducing palpitations, tachycardia, tremor, and other somatic manifestations of anxiety.
*BONUS: Propranolol/beta-blockers are associated with which neurotransmitters?
Carbamazepine and several other anticonvulsant drugs were originally used to treat seizure disorders but are now also used to treat:
A. Paraphilias.
B. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
C. Bipolar Disorder.
D. Autistic Disorder.
C. Bipolar Disorder.