Question 1

In _______, depression is linked to short daylight.

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Question 2

Functional imaging studies indicate that drugs that alleviate symptoms of schizophrenia tend to increase activation of the

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A)  amygdala. 
B)  basal ganglia. 
C)  frontal cortex. 
D)  cerebellum.

Question 3

Describe tardive dyskinesia. Discuss its neurobiology and the problems that it raises for the treatment of schizophrenia.

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Question 4

Eugen Bleuler claimed that one of the cardinal symptoms of schizophrenia is a condition that he described as

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A)  dissociative thinking. 
B)  conditioned psychosis. 
C)  dementia. 
D)  split personality.

Question 5

Discuss the importance of twin studies in understanding the heritability of schizophrenia. Explain the difference between monozygotic and dizygotic twins, and how each differs in terms of risk for developing schizophrenia.

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Question 6

Discuss the symptomatology and apparent biochemical bases of depression, as well as the major pharmacological and neurosurgical approaches to treatment.

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Question 7

Summarize the neural model of posttraumatic stress disorder and how the disorder may incorporate psychobiological aspects as well.

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Question 8

Write a coherent and informative paragraph incorporating each of the following terms or concepts: depression; MAO inhibitors; tricyclics; lithium, BDNF.

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Question 9

Refer to the figure.
 Compared with the data from controls, PET scans of patients with depression show

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A)  decreases in blood flow in the prefrontal cortex and amygdala. 
B)  increases in blood flow in the prefrontal cortex and amygdala. 
C)  increases in blood flow in the prefrontal, temporal, and parietal cortexes. 
D)  hypofrontality.

Question 10

It has been speculated that hippocampal cellular abnormalities seen in some patients with schizophrenia may have resulted from

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A)  phencyclidine exposure. 
B)  lead poisoning as an infant. 
C)  early cell developmental problems. 
D)  viral infection as a teenager.

Question 11

Clozapine _____

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A)  Schizophrenia 
B)  Anxiety 
C)  Depression 
D)  Bipolar disorder

Question 12

People who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia have a more difficult time with "_______" visual tracking of moving objects than do controls.

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A)  smooth-pursuit 
B)  saccadic pursuit 
C)  blink-suppression 
D)  color-constancy

Question 13

Abnormal visual tracking of moving objects is a symptom associated with

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A)  panic. 
B)  depression. 
C)  schizophrenia. 
D)  obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 14

A number of individuals with severe symptoms of OCD who undergo _______, surgical disruption of the circuits in the cingulate cortex, appear to benefit from this intervention.

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A)  callosotomy 
B)  cingulotomy 
C)  cingulotomy. 
D)  lobotomy

Question 15

Describe the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder and summarize the research findings about the neurobiology of this disorder. In your answer, discuss why OCD is often comorbid with Tourette's syndrome.

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Question 16

The contemporary view of Tourette's syndrome suggests that it is mediated by

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A)  more than one major gene. 
B)  recessively inherited genes. 
C)  an extra chromosome. 
D)  a single gene inherited in a dominant manner.

Question 17

Describe two ways in which data from patients with Parkinson's disease and patients with schizophrenia overlap and discuss how this overlap lends support to the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia.

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Question 18

_____ 8. Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors

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