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

It is reasonable that antiepileptic medications would increase levels of __________.

Analogy: Ionotropic is to metabotropic as ___________ is to ___________.

In order for a possible placebo effect to be evaluated, __________.

Digestion is a requirement for the absorption of drugs through which route of administration?

According to the text, which of the following is NOT a principal route of drug administration?

Typically, sympathetic activation __________ parasympathetic activation.

A major feature of drug studies that is helpful in evaluating whether a new medication has genuine benefits is __________.

Communication between neurons is accomplished through the actions of chemical substances called neurotransmitters.

Damage to the prefrontal cortex may be associated with loss of personal control with respect to the abuse of alcohol and other drugs.

Describe three of the several ways drugs can be administered to the body, choosing one with a rapid absorption rate, one with a slow absorption rate, and one in between. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each of them with respect to toxicity and side effects.

Two examples of hyperadditive combinations are synergism and potentiation.

Pain-killing drugs bear a remarkable resemblance to __________.

The effects of endocannabinoids resemble those of which drug?

What aspects of human behaviour are affected by the neurotransmitter dopamine?

According to the text, _______ smoke fewer cigarettes per day than _______.

Individual characteristics of the drug-taker or environmental conditions will have little influence on drug effects when __________.

Which of the following is NOT part of the hindbrain?

Maintaining the necessary level of alertness when we are conscious and awake is the responsibility of the __________.

The intravenous injection is the fastest type of injection to deliver a drug into the bloodstream.

A major function of endorphins is to __________.