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BRAIN TEASERS
PHARMVILLE
DIAGNOSTIC CLARITY
IT'S A SNOOZER
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THESE GLIAL CELLS ASSIST IN FORMING MYELIN SHEATHS IN THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYTEM

WHAT ARE SCHWANN CELLS

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THIS TYPE OF TREMOR IS OFTEN BILATERAL, WORSENS WITH ARM EXTENSION, AND IMPROVES AT REST AND AFTER DRINKING ALCOHOL

WHAT IS ESSENTIAL TREMOR

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THESE ARE TWO MEDICATIONS PROVEN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF SUICIDE IN PATIENTS TAKING THEM

WHAT ARE CLOZAPINE AND LITHIUM

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THE DIAGNOSIS OF THIS PERSONALITY DISORDER REQUIRES A PRIOR DIAGNOSIS IN YOUTH

WHAT IS ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
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THIS DISORDER IS DIAGNOSED USING THE MULTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST

NARCOLEPSY

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THIS DOPAMINERGIC PATHWAY MEDIATES THE NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

WHAT IS THE MESOCORTICAL PATHWAY

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NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TRIAD OF SYMPTOMS

WHAT ARE URINARY INCONTINENCE, GAIT IMBALANCE, AND CONFUSION

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THIS CYP ENZYME IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTERACTION OF CLOZAPINE AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS FOUND IN TOBACCO SMOKE

WHAT IS CYP1A2
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THIS IS THE DIAGNOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH A BMI OF 16 WITH PERIODS OF EXCESSIVE FOOD INTAKE FOLLOWED BY INDUCED VOMITING OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS

ANOREXIA NERVOSA

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MELATONIN IS DERIVED FROM THIS NEUROTRANSMITTER WHOSE RECEPTORS ARE MODULATED BY MANY PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATIONS

WHAT IS SEROTONIN

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THIS BRAIN STRUCTURE IS TARGETED DURING REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION

WHAT IS THE (LEFT) DLPFC

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THIS NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDER IS ASSOCIATED WITH ATROPHY OF THE CAUDATE NUCLEUS

WHAT IS HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE

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THIS IS A SIDE EFFECT OF LONG TERM METHADONE TREATMENT RESULTING IN SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, FATIGUE, WEIGHT GAIN, AND LOSS OF BONE DENSITY

WHAT IS (HYPOGONADOTROPIC) HYPOGONADISM

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1 IN 4 INDIVIDUALS BORN WITH THE 22q11.2 DELETION DEVELOP THIS PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER

SCHIZOPHRENIA

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THIS DISORDER IS CHARACTERIZED BY DREAM ENACTMENT OR VOCALIZATION DURING SLEEP RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS BEHAVIORS

WHAT IS REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER

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THIS REGION OF THE BRAIN MEDIATES THE ABILITY TO RESIST RESPONDING TO AGGRAVATING SITUATIONS WITH HOSTILITY

WHAT IS THE ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX

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THIS DIAGNOSIS IN CHILDREN IS ASSOCIATED WITH SEIZURES AND A PERIOD OF NORMAL DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED SKILLS, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS OF LANGUAGE AND MOTOR FUNCTION

WHAT IS RETT SYNDROME

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THIS PARTIAL AGONIST OF THE 5-HT1A RECEPTOR USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANXIETY AND SOMETIMES FOR THE ATTENUATION OF SSRI-INDUCED BRUXISM

WHAT IS BUSPIRONE

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THIS PARAPHILIA REQUIRES AN INDIVIDUAL WITH AN ABERRANT AROUSAL PATTERN OR ACTING OUT URGES TO BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER BEFORE DIAGNOSIS

WHAT IS VOYEURISM

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THIS IS THE STAGE OF SLEEP DURING WHICH SLEEP SPINDLES ARE PREVALENT

WHAT IS STAGE 2 (N2) SLEEP

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THIS HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS CONTAINS NEURONS THAT PRODUCE CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE

WHAT IS THE PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS

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THIS IS THE MOST COMMON BIOLOGICAL CAUSE OF PRENATAL NEUROTOXICITY LINKED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

LEAD POISONING

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THIS PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION HAS A BLACK BOX WARNING FOR HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS 

WHAT IS VALPROIC ACID
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THIS RARE DISORDER IS CHARACTERIZED BY HYPERSOMNOLENCE, HYPERPHAGIA, HYPERSEXUALITY, HALLUCINATIONS, AND EPISODES OF AMNESIA

WHAT IS KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME

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THIS BRAIN NUCLEUS REGULATES THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM ACCORDING TO LIGHT INPUT FROM THE EYES

WHAT IS THE SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS
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