Neurotransmitters
This neurotransmitter regulates mood, memory, cognition, energy & sleep. Too much may cause anxiety and too little may cause depression.
What is norepinephrine
Prozac, Paxil, & Zoloft all belong to a class of drugs that commonly block this neurotransmitter
What is serotonin
Schizophrenia may be a result of the overactivity of this neurotransmitter
What is dopamine
The goal of the body is
What is to maintain homeostasis
Actions of drugs on the body is
What is pharmacodynamics
This neurotransmitter plays a role in learning and memory. Too much may cause depression and too little may cause Alzheimer's disease.
What is Acetylcholine
This class of antidepressants in not commonly used because it takes longer to reach a therapeutic level and includes medications such as amitriptyline (Elavil) and doxepin (Sinequan).
What are tricyclics
Side effects of antipsychotic medications include
What is extrapyramidal side effects
2 parts of the Autonomic Nervous System
What are parasympathetic & sympathetic
What are the 4 phases of pharmokinetics
This neurotransmitter plays an important role in emotions, thought, attention & decision making. Too much may cause mania while too little may cause depression.
What is Dopamine
Anticholinergic effects include
What is Hot as a hare, Blind as a bat, dry as a bone, Red as a beet, mad as a hatter
Positive symptoms addressed by conventional antipsychotics include
What are delusions, hallucinations, agitation, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, and exaggerated communication
Hyper-arousal state in which includes heart rate increases, pupils dilate, and respiration increases
What is fight or flight
What mimic the effect of neurotransmitters
What is an agonist
This neurotransmitter plays a role in sleep regulation, hunger mood & pain perception. Too much may cause anxiety and too little may cause depression
What is serotonin
Eating foods containing tyramine and taking MAOIs such as phenelzine (Nardil) is a risk for this severe complication
What is a hypertensive crisis
Negative symptoms include
What is blunted affect, emotional withdrawal, poor rapport, passivity and apathetic social withdrawal, difficulty in abstract thinking, stereotyped thinking and lack of spontaneity,
Pathway that is activated during stress and results with release of cortisol
What is HPA pathway
What does an antagonist do related to neurotransmitters
What is blocks activity of neurotransmitter
This neurotransmitterrs plays a role in reducing aggression, excitation & anxiety. It has muscle relaxing properties.
What is GABA (y-aminobutyric acid)
Important teaching for clients using this medication include wearing sunscreen and avoiding anything that causes dehydration so as not to increase risk of a prolonged Q-T interval
What is doxepin (Sinequan)
Neutropenia and agranulocytosis are contrindications for this medication
What is clozapine (Clozaril)
Name 2 functional imaging techniques
What are PET and SPECT Sacns
Most anxiolytic drugs act to increase the effectiveness of this neurotransmitter
What is GABA