The Brain
Damage to this hemisphere may result in depression or emotional volatility.
What is the left hemisphere?
The symptoms of FASD are lifelong and_____-
What is irreversible?
The last part of the brain to develop.
Has a better tolerability profile than TCAs.
What are SSRIs?
A major inhibitory neurotransmitter, and disruption of its production or transmission in certain areas of the brain produces anxiety.
What is GABA?
Knowing this can help distinguish hypertension from secondary hypertension.
What is the disorder?
This part of the brain is primarily involved in the consolidation of emotional memories.
What is the amygdala?
A young man taking a conventional antipsychotic as a treatment for schizophrenia develops tardive dyskinesia. The best course of treatment involves this type of medication.
What is an atypical antipsychotic?
Lack of awareness of physical impairment.
What is anosognosia?
The system that mediates the fight or flight response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Older adults with mild neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer’s disease would most likely obtain the highest score on the WAIS-IV Verbal Comprehension Index and the lowest score on this index.
What is the Processing Speed Index?
The relay station for all senses except for smell.
What is the thalamus?
An alternative medication when lithium has not reduced the symptoms of mania for an individual who has received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
What is carbamazepine?
A progressive autosomal dominant disorder that has been linked to GABA and glutamate abnormalities in the basal ganglia.
What is Huntington's Disease?
Inhibits the effects of the neurotransmitter.
An autoimmune disorder that causes degeneration of acetylcholine receptors at neuromuscular junctions, resulting in severe muscle weakness and fatigue.
What is Myasthenia gravis?
This part of the brain has been damaged resulting in clumsiness, slurred speech, and other symptoms associated with alcohol intoxication.
What is the cerebellum?
The condiction results in a who reports she feels cold and tired all the time, has been having trouble remembering things, is constipated, has unusually dry skin, and has gained weight even though she’s eating less.
What is hypothyroidism?
Nonfluent speech with intact comprehension results from damage to this area.
What is Broca's?