Exam 3: Drugs and the Nervous System

Which of the following is used to treat Parkinson's disease?

The electrical activity along the axon that occurs when a neuron fires is called:

Which of the following neurotransmitters is thought to modulate pain relief?

The hypothalamus is involved with the storage of memories.

Which of the following are techniques used to assess brain damage?

The system that "filters" blood before it enters the brain is called the .

Which of the following is not a monoamine?

What is the name of the brain structure that produces dopamine, and when damaged produces symptoms called Parkinson's disease?

The neurotransmitter thought to be critical in the development of Alzheimer's disease is .

The neurotransmitter that is active at the neuromuscular junction is .

Phineas Gage damaged his frontal lobe in a freak accident. What problems did he experience after his injury?

Neural transmission is said to be electrical at the synapse.

Which of the following techniques involves injecting radioactive isotopes into the brain?

Which of the following is not one of the major divisions of the human brain?

The space between neurons is the .

List the major neurotransmitters and describe their functions.

One of the primary functions of the reticular activating system is to control .

Recent brain imaging research suggest that drug craving is associated with activity in the .

Axons are frequently covered with a sheath known as .