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54 Cards in this Set
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Fastest to slowest routes of administration
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brain, bloodstream, lungs, muscle, orally
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BBB is leaky at
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Pituatary, Pineal, area postema
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endothelial cells
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enables molecules that are small enough and not ionized, to pass through
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tight junctions
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basis of the BBB that is on capillaries to prevent materials from passing through easily
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drugs that manage neuro- psychological illnesses are
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psychoactive drugs (most commonly abused)
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which is more selective tight junction or endothelial
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tight junction
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agonists
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mimic and increase the effect of neurotransmitter
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atagonist
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block or decrease the effect of neurotransmitter
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3 major types of antidepressents
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MAO inhibitors
Tryclic antidepressants Second generation antidepr |
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MAO
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inhibits breakdown of serotonin
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SSRI
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blocks transporter protein for serotonin reuptake,so serotonin stays longer
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depressants bind to
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GABA receptors
Barbiturates alcohol *benzo |
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mesolimbic dopamine pathway
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VT nucleus accumbens, frontal cortex
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sequence of cells from photorecepters out
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rods cones horizontal, bipolar amacrine ganglion
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optic disk is
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blind spot
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how many types of rods
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1
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how many types of cones
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3 short medium long
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dorsal
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m-pathway where
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ventral
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p-pathway what
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agnosia
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not knowing
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visual agnosia
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cannot recognize objects
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temporal
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memory for facts
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primary visual cortex
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area 17, striate cortex, V1
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on cells excited when
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light hits the middle
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on cells inbited when
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light hits the periphery
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off cells excited when
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light hits the periphery
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off cells inhibited when
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light hits the middle
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on cells are constant when
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light hits the entire cell
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optic ataxia
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deficit in visual control in reaching and other movements
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simple cells
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have fixed excitatory and inhibitory zones
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complex cells
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(cc complex cannot) can't be mapped into excitatory & inhibitory zones
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hypercoplex
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like complex but has inhibitory zones at one end of receptive field
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1st cell that detects orientation
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simple cell
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simple cells are in
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occipital lobe
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scn in
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hypothalamus
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manifest content
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images you see in the dream
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latent content
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what the dream really means
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Hobson & McCarley
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activation synthesis
dreams dont mean anything they're just stories the brain makes up |
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narcoplepsy
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fallin asleep durin the day
brain inable to regulate sleep/wake cycles |
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narcolepsy is often paired with
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cataplexy
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evolution theory of dreaming
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dreams help us prepare for life threatening events
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insomonia
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difficulty in getting adequate sleep
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sleep apnea
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snoring
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somnambulism
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sleepwalking
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most common form of brain injury
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tramatic brain injury
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most recent prognosis to find the best way for recovering
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cogntive test
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focal seizure
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starts at a focus and spreads out to adjacent areas
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grand mal
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loss of consciousness and steeotyped motor activity
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tonic
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(loose tone) body stiffens breathing stops
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clonic
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rhythmic shaking
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seizure where the caus in unknown
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idiopathic seizure
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Type I Schizophrenia
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Positive Symptoms - Hallucination; agitated movement
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Type II Schizophrenia
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Negative Symptoms - Cognitive Impairment, Enlarged Ventricles in the frontal cortex
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Changes in the Brain due to schizophrenia
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large ventricles, abnormalities in the Wernickes area, hallucinations, change in blood flow in the blood flow in the prefrontal cortex
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