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NEUROSCIENCE EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -35 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Dopamine: Substances that Affect the Actions of the Neurotransmitter

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cocaine, amphetamine, methylphenidate (ritalin), alcohol Question 2: Dopamine: Excess/Undersupply

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Schizophrenia/Parkinson's Question 3: Dopamine: Excitatory or Inhibitory?

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Inhibitory

Question 4: Which drugs increase the number of impulses?

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nicotine, alcohol, opiates (increased neurotransmitter release)

Question 5: Glutamate: Excess/Undersupply

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overstimulate brain (migraines or seizures)/ N.A.Question 6: Serotonin: Excess/Undersupply

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seen in autism/depression Question 7: Substance P: Substances that Affect the Actions of the Neurotransmitter

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pain management drugs Question 8: Acetylcholine: Excitatory or Inhibitory?

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Excitatory Question 9: Substance P: Excess/Undersupply

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sleep interference, anxiety/body cannot feel pain Question 10: Norepinephrine: Excitatory or Inhibitory?

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Excitatory Question 11: Which drugs release more neurotransmitter in response to an impulse?

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nicotine (increased neurotransmitter release) Question 12: Serotonin: Function?

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affects mood, hunger, sleep, arousal

Question 13: Norepinephrine: Substances that Affect the Actions of the Neurotransmitter

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tricyclic antidepressants, beta blockers Question 14: Substance P: Function?

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Works in opposition to endorphins to regular pain Question 15: Seratonin: Substances that Affect the Actions of the Neurotransmitter

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fluxetine (prozac), hallucinogenics Question 16: Glutamate: Excitatory or Inhibitory?

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Excitatory Question 17: Acetylcholine: Excess/Undersupply

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over stimulation of muscles (spasms)/Alzheimer's Question 18: Acetylcholine: Substances that Affect the Actions of the Neurotransmitter

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nicotine, blakw widow spider venom, botulism toxin, curare, atropine Question 19: Glutamate: Function?

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involved in memory, counterpart to GABA Question 20: Acetylcholine: Function?

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muscle action (contraction in heart), learning, memory

Question 21: Endorphins: Excess/Undersupply

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on edge (fight or flight for small events)/body pain

Question 22: Which drugs block reuptake?

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cocaine, amphetamine (more neurotransmitter present in synaptic cleft) Question 23: Serotonin: Excitatory or Inhibitory?

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Inhibitory Question 24: Substance P: Excitatory or Inhibitory?

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Excitatory Question 25: Norepinephrine: Excess/Undersupply

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anxiety/depress mood Question 26: GABA: Substances that Affect the Actions of the Neurotransmitter

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barbituates, minor tranquilizers (valium), alcohol

Question 27: which drugs block receptors with another molecule?

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LSD, caffeine (no change in amount of neurotransmitter released, or neurotransmitter cannot bind to is receptor of post-synaptic neuron) Question 28: Norepinephrine: Function?

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alertness and arousal