Exam 27: Extension: A - Psychiatric and Related Disorders

Evidence regarding disorganization of the brain in schizophrenics lends support to the concept of schizophrenia as a(n) _____ disorder.

A drug that causes the release of _____ would be likely to worsen the symptoms of Huntington's chorea.

Diminished activity in the _____ during the Wisconsin Card - Sorting Test has been observed in schizophrenics.

Exactly _____ percent of the offspring of an individual with Huntington's disease will develop the disease (if they live long enough).

The symptoms of schizophrenia suggest that underlying brain abnormalities are likely to be:

The Rey Complex - Figure Test is widely used by neuropsychologists. Of the following, which is MOST impaired in copying this figure?

PET studies indicate that, over the course of antidepressant treatment, activity in the amygdala:

Prozac acts rather specifically on the _____ neurotransmitter system.

Over the past 60 years, surgeons have removed or damaged the brain in (often misguided) attempts to relieve symptoms of psychiatric disorders. Which of the following brain structures have NOT been targets for "psychosurgery"?

Huntington's disease is believed by many to involve the death of neurons in the _____, which secretes _____.

Parkinson's patients are sometimes referred to as having a "disease of the will." Which of the following symptoms is MOST closely related to this idea?

Which of the following disorders is NOT classified as a mood disorder?

The main neurotransmitter system implicated in schizophrenia is:

On the basis of genetics and neural changes, Alzheimer's disease appears to be MOST closely related to:

On a variety of grounds, it is suspected that the memory loss that marks the earlier stages of Alzheimer's disease is associated with degenerative changes in the:

In the seventeenth century, many people burned as witches in the English village of Bures actually suffered from:

The use of drugs such as benztropine (Cogentin) for Parkinson's disease is based on the premise that there is an overactivity of the neurotransmitter _____ in these patients.

The hormone that appears to be oversecreted in depression is:

A positive correlation between the number of bipolar episodes and loss of _____ support the theory that bipolar disorder has a progressive neurodegenerative aspect.

If you were giving a series of neuropsychological tests to a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease, on which of the following would you expect to see particularly severe effects?