Substantia nigra Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Exam 4: NUR242/ NUR 242 (Latest 2023/ 2024) Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Galen Q: During an interview with a patient with a diagnosis of Parkinson disease (PD), which of the following speech patterns will the healthcare provider anticipate? A. Bubbly and spirited B. Clear and rhythmic C. Pressured and hurried D. Slow, slurred, and monotone Answer: D. Slow, slurred, and monotone Q: Select all the TRUE statements about...

PATHOLOGY HIGH YIELD NBME ELABORATED QUESTIONS AND REVIEWED ANSWERS 2023/2024 Anticentromere antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Scleroderma (CREST) Antidesmoglein (epithelial) antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering) Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Goodpasture's syndrome (glomerulonehpritis and hemoptysis) Antihistone antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Drug-induced SLE (hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide) Anti-IgG antibodies - CORREC...

NRNP6635 / NRNP 6635 (Latest 2023 / 2024): Midterm Exam - Psychopathology and Diagnostic Reasoning – Walden 1. Select the therapy that is as effective as appropriate drugs to treat OCD. A. Psychotherapy B. Behavior C. Family D. Group 2. Select the anxiety disorder that is most associated with selective mutism in children, A. Social B. Generalized C. Separation D. Phobic 3. Select the symptom that is most likely improve early in the drug treatment of major depression. A. Poor...

ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY UTMB 5355 EXAM 3 /UTMB5355 Exam 3 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2023/2024 LATEST GUIDE. 2 / 11 1. Biogenic AmineTheory linked to depression: Deficiency of neurotransmittersin brain of norepinephrine, dopamine, and/or serotonin. Particularly, a decrease in receptor binding with serotonin. 2. Neurotransmitter Receptor Hypothesis linked to depression: A deficiency ofmonoamine neurotransmitters at neuronal synapses. 3. Antidepressants increase: Neuronal synaptic l...

UTMB ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 5355 EXAM 3 MODULES 5 & 6 Already Passed!! Biogenic Amine Theory linked to depression - Deficiency of neurotransmitters in brain of norepinephrine, dopamine, and/or serotonin. Particularly, a decrease in receptor binding with serotonin. Neurotransmitter Receptor Hypothesis linked to depression - A deficiency of monoamine neurotransmitters at neuronal synapses. Antidepressants increase - Neuronal synaptic levels of monoamine neurotransmitters. if you have mor...

NURS660 Psychopharm 660 Exam 1 Questions with Complete Solutions Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia - ANSWER Delusions, hallucinations, distortions, agitation, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior Where do positive symptoms originate? - ANSWER Mesolimbic dopamine pathway Medications to treat positive symptoms - ANSWER Antipsychotics Negative symptoms of schizophrenia - ANSWER Flat affect, alogia, affective blunting, asociality, anhedonia, avolition. ...

NURS 660 Psychopharmacology Exam 1 Review 2023. Know the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, where they originate from, and what medications treat these symptoms. Positive symptoms:  psychosis, hallucinations, delusions  Mesolimbic origin  Medications: D2 antagonists Negative symptoms:  more related to mood disturbance, apathy, anhedonia, neuroleptic dysphoria, cognitive blunting  Mesocortical/prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, reward circuit origins ...

MH701 exam 1 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2023/2024 What is pharmacodynamics? - ANSWER What the drug does to the body What is pharmacokinetics - ANSWER What the body does to the drug (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion) Psychotropic medications - ANSWER medications used to treat psychiatric disorders What is pharmacogenetics - ANSWER Explains how genetic variation leads to altered drug responses in different individuals and ethnic groups What is drug toxicity? - ANSWER The de...

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY NURS 751 ACTUAL 2024 FINAL EXAM REVISED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 1) Whate are the questions for the CAGE alcohol use screening? • Have you felt the need to CUT down on your drinking? • Do you feel ANNOYED by people complaining about your drinking? • Do you feel GUILTY about your drinking? • Do you ever drink an EYE-OPENER in the morning to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover? 2) Where is Dopamine produced? In the substantia nigra of the brain...

mesocortical pathway – executive function: attention, focus, depression nigrostriatal pathway – from substantia nigra (brainstem) to striatum (muscles): Parkinson's mesolimbic pathway – projects to nucleus accumbens (part of limbic system). Pleasure, reward, positive symptoms of schizophrenia: Addiction, gambling Tuberoinfundibular pathway – regulation of prolactin (acts on pituitary). Hypersexuality in mania Dopamine – produced in substania nigra and VTA. D2 & D4 receptors ...

NURS 660 Exam 1 Study Guide 2023. Pathways in schizophrenia  Brain imaging shows cerebral atrophy and enlarged fluid filled ventricles, as well as shrinkage in prefrontal cortex, temporal, basal ganglia, and limbic regions like hippocampus.  Five dopamine pathways in the brain. The neuroanatomy of dopamine neuronal pathways in the brain can explain the symptoms of schizophrenia as well as the therapeutic effects and side effects of antipsychotic drugs. Know different pathways in th...