Exam 3: How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind

Potentiation is a special form of antagonistic drug interaction.

Muscarinic receptors and nicotinic receptors are receptor sites that are sensitive to which neurotransmitter?

Expectations about a drug effect determine the extent to which _______ occurs.

Metabotropic receptors are linked to___________.

________ is a disorder resulting from degeneration of dopamine releasing neurons in the substantia nigra of the midbrain.

The blood-brain barrier cannot be crossed by a drug that is fat soluble.

The processing of pain information occurs in the hindbrain.

The elimination half-life of a drug will be faster if the drug is fat-soluble than if it is not.

The hypothalamus controls __________.

The rate of elimination of a particular drug can be determined by an index called __________.

An oral administration refers to a delivery through the __________.

All drugs have similar elimination half-lives.

Most theories about the physiological basis for psychological dependence focus on the limbic system.

The myelin sheath on some neurons increases the speed of action potentials.

Individual differences such as weight and gender can affect how one person reacts to a drug compared to another.

Regardless of which route of administration is used, the goal is for the drug to be absorbed into the bloodstream.

Asian schizophrenic patients _______ Caucasian patients when taking antipsychotic medication.

The pattern of human behaviour that characterizes psychological dependence closely parallels __________.

The two ions that play the largest role in the generation of an action potential are Ca²⁺ and K⁺.

The central nervous system consists of the brain and the spinal cord.