CNS

What is the age of onset of schizophrenia in men and women?

What are negative symptoms? Give examples

What are positive symptoms? Give example

what are the 3 classes of typical antipsychotics?

What are the extra-pyramidal side effects?

What are the atypical antipsychotics?

What receptor block do extra-pyramidal side effects tend to arise from?

What is the mechanism of action for most antipsychotics?

What are the neuronal defects found in patients with schizophrenia?

What is the dopamine theory for psychosis?

What is the glutamate theory of psychosis?

What is the effect of nicotine on nicotinic aCh receptors?

What is the role of naltrexone?

What are the effects of alcohol on GABA A, NMDA, 5HT3 and L-type voltage gated Ca2+ channels?

How do psychostimulants work? Give two examples.What transmitter is their euphoria related to?

How do hallucinogens have an effect? Name two

What is the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis?

What is drug tolerance?

What is drug addiction?

What is drug dependence?

What is drug abuse?

What is the mechanism of action for caffiene?

How is caffeine supposed to protect against parkinsons disease?

name the 10 symptoms of depression

What are the additional symptoms of mania?

What is the mechanism of action for monamine oxidase inhibitiors?

What is the mechanism of action for Tricyclic antidepressants? Give an example?

What is the mechanism of action for SSRI's? Give an example

What is the mechanism of action of Buproprion?

What drug class cause the cheese reaction as a side effect?

What is the side effect caused by st johns wort?

What are the side effects of MAOIs?

What are the side effects of Tricyclic antidepressants?

What is the role of astrocytes?

What is the role of oligodendrocytes?

What is the role of microglia?

Ionotropic (ligand-gated ion channel) examples

What is the role of Amphetamine?

Does serotonin increase or decrease anxiety?

What is the difference between sedatives and hypnotics?

Name the 3 current anxiolytic drug classes used?

What is the mechanism of action for benzodiazepines?

What are the effects of benzodiazepines?

What is the mechanism of action for azapirones?

What is the effect of azapirones?

What is the mechanism of action for barbiturates?

What are the effects of barbiturates?

How long do azapirones take to have an effect?

Why is the response inhibtory when GABA binds to its GABA A receptor?

What is the average age of onset for major unipolar depression? What is it for bipolar?