1) What is one of the side effects of typical antipsychotics? a. hyperphagia. b.
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1) What is one of the side effects of typical antipsychotics?
a. hyperphagia.
b. hyperactivity.
c. insomnia.
d. extrapyramidal symptoms.
e. hypertension.
2) Which is a candidate gene that is linked to ADHD?
a. D2 receptor deficit in chromosome 11 in q22-23 region that encodes for
D2 receptor.
b. ADHD is a sex-linked disorder associated with sex chromosome
c. ADHD is not a genetic disorder, no genes are associated with it.
d. 2-repeat in the DRD4-2R gene allele that encodes D4 receptor
e. 7-repeat in the DRD4-7R gene allele that encodes D4 receptor
3) What is the molecular mechanism of Strettra™ that is used to
treat ADHD?
a. acetylcoline transporter blocker
b. serotonin transporter blocker
c. norephinephrine transporter blocker
d. dopamine transporter blocker
e. GABA transporter blocker
4) What is the molecular action of Ritalin™?
a. blocking the dopamine post-synaptic receptor.
b. blocking the dopamine autoreceptor.
c. blocking the reuptake of dopamine transporter.
d. blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine transporter
e. stimulate the cytoplasmic release of dopamine
5) What did longitudinal study of ADHD patients over the course of
10 years showed?
a. Behavioral therapy is more effective than pharmacotherapy.
b. Pharmacotherapy is ineffective.
c. Pharmacotherapy therapy significantly improves the condition while
behavioral is ineffective.
d. Neither behavioral therapy nor pharmacotherapy is effective in treating
ADHD patients.
e. ADHD patients are addictive to Ritalin.
6) What is the test for testing the reaction time to suppress ongoing
motor activity?
a. tower of Hanoi
b. Stroop test
c. stop task test
d. PPI (prepulse inhibition) test
e. fluent test of vocabulary word association
7) Which enzyme degrades serotonin?
a. tyrosine hydroxylase
b. dopamine -hydroxylase
c. aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase
d. MAO (monoamine oxidase)
e. aldehyde dehydrogenase
8) What is the signal that triggers the vesicular release of
neurotransmitter when action potential arrives at the axon
terminal?
a. Increase in the cytoplasmic concentration of neurotransmitters.
b. Binding of amphetamine to the VMAT.
c. Binding of amphetamine to the transporter.
d. Na+ ion entry into the axon terminal.
e. Ca++ ion entry into the axon terminal.
Explanation / Answer
1) Typical Antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychiatric patients. In general, these drugs are referred as tranquilizers and neuroleptics. Typical Antipsychotics have several side effects like constipation, visual disturbance, extrapyramidal side-effects etc.
So the correct option is (d) extrapyramidal symptoms
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