Yale University PSYC 8741 Basics of The Nervous System Psychopharmacology Study Guide
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I’m studying for my Psychology class and need an explanation.
Please complete the attached study guide using the attached resources of book chapters and articles. I will also be sending lecture powerpoints.
Answers should be clear and well explained.
Exam 1 will cover chapters 1, 2, 3, and 13 in Sinacola as well as articles assigned to date and lecture handouts.
- basics of the nervous system, including associated functions (i.e., the PNS and CNS and associated systems and their general functions)
- lobes of the brain and associated functions (broadly)
- what a neuron is
- the basic structure of a neuron
- what dopamine pathways are associated with (in a general sense)
- what serotonin pathways are associated with (in a general sense)
- how neural communication occurs within and between neurons
- what is meant by depolarization and hyperpolarization
- what ions are and the most common ones (NA+, K+, Cl–, Ca++)
- excitatory versus inhibitory messages
- what an action potential is
- what long-term potentiation refers to
- the process of reuptake
- common neurotransmitters including dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, GABA, glutamate, acetylcholine, epinephrine, glycine
- what neurotrophins are
- the routes of drug administration and related rates of absorption
- how drugs are commonly distributed and metabolized
- drug half-life
- what lipid solubility refers to
- therapeutic dose, toxic dose, therapeutic index
- what tolerance refers to
- what withdrawal refers to
- what discontinuation syndrome is
- what potentiation refers to
- what synergism refers to
- what placebo refers to
- what “prn” means
- chemical dependency and common co-morbid disorders
- the dopamine hypothesis
- common types of treatment for chemical dependency
- the CAGE questionnaire
- which medications are commonly prescribed for patients with a dual diagnosis and which are usually avoided
- drugs commonly used in treatment of alcohol dependence
- drugs commonly used in treatment of opioid dependence
- drugs commonly used in treatment of cocaine dependence
- drugs commonly used in treatment of nicotine dependence
- issues with AA and NA as treatment for substance use
- long-term effects of drug use
- the effects of different drugs (e.g., alcohol, nicotine, amphetamine, cocaine) on neurons/neurotransmission