Learning and Memory
What are the two major types of long-term memory?
Explicit and Implicit, Declarative and Non-declarative
This drug is a precursor to Dopamine, and used to treat Parkinson's disease.
L-Dopa
One reason the Rdoc framework is better than use of the DSM in diagnosing mental illnesses.
Addresses heterogeneity issues, represent a larger spectrum of people, addresses comorbidity, has a more dimensional conceptualization
This brain area is smaller in patients with depression, but more active.
What is the subgenual ACC?
The behavior generated by an obsessive thought in OCD is called:
What is a compulsion?
Retrograde amnesia is:
What is loss of memory prior to the traumatic event?
What are hemorrhagic and obstructive?
Two signs of psychosis.
What are hallucinations or delusions?
List the 5 types of depression.
What are: Unipolar/MDD, Bipolar, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, and Post-Partum Depression (PPD)
The anxious brain has hyperactivity in this particular area (which is involved in our fight-or-flight response)
What is the amygdala?
The two types of memory patient H.M maintained the ability to perform were:
What is perceptual and motor?
3 Motor impairments that may present in a patient with Parkinson's.
What is apraxia, akinesia, dyskinesia, hyperkinesia, bradykinesia, or hypokinesia?
Women are diagnosed 3-5 years later
Men have more severe and more negative symptoms
Women typically respond better to treatment and have fewer hospitalizations
List 5 of the 9 diagnostic criteria for being diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
What are: depressed mood, anhedonia, change in weight, changes in sleep, fatigue, psychomotor agitation, feelings of worthlessness, difficulty concentrating, suicidal ideation
This neurotransmitter and brain area are implicated in Panic Disorder.
What is Norepinephrine in the Locus Coeruleus?
What are the two brain regions involved in declarative memory?
What is the hippocampal formation and the temporal cortex?
Four ways the brain undergoes neural plasticity:
What are denervation sensitivity, silent synapses becoming active, axonal regrow, and collatoral sprouting?
Dopamine controls this particular aspect of awareness:
What is aberrant salience?
2 alternative treatments for depression if drugs are not successful:
What are TMS to the PFC, ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), Vagus nerve stimulation, or DBS (deep brain stimulation)?
The three main brain regions involved in OCD are:
What are the orbitofrontal cortex, the cingulate cortex, and the caudate nucleus?
List 3 of the methods discussed for assessing memory function.
What is: MMSE: Mini Mental State Exam, Auditory retrieval task (n-back), Delayed matching to sample (DMS), Delayed verbal matching-to-sample, Delayed non-verbal matching to sample, Radial arm task, Clock drawing task, Trail making test, Morris Milk Maze, Tower of Hanoi task
The four remaining treatment approaches (other than drug therapy) for treating Parkinson's:
What are surgery, transplant, gene therapy, and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)?
List 3 brain areas that are typically smaller in an individual with schizophrenia.
What are the temporal cortex, amygdala, and the prefrontal cortex?
List three potential causes of Bipolar Disorder:
What are a genetic predisposition, social influences or stressors, or a flu during pregnancy?
Three classes of Anxiolytics:
What are:
Benzodiazepines, SSRI's, or Beta Blockers?