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How do benzodiazepine help with anxiety? : Benzodiazepine target GABA neurotransmission via the PAM (positive allosteric modulation Allodynia : Pain due to a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain Hyperalgesia : Increased pain from a stimulus that normally provokes pain Nocioceptive pa...

Deutetrabenazine (Austedo) : VMAT2- inhibitor -most commonly expected side effects: -drug interactions: -potentially serious adverse events: -FDA indications: Huntington's chorea and TD -lab work that should be monitored prior to starting and while on the medication: Haloperidol (Haldol) :...

Which medication has the SE of losing hair : Lithium The pt is bipolar, and had a partial response to depakote and now is going to be augmented with an atypical antipsychotic, the effects of atypical antipsychotics in nonpsychotic mania may be due to what : indirect effect on glutamate release...

dopamine hypothesis : the theory that schizophrenia results from excessive activity of the neurotransmitter dopamine dopamine hypothesis- nigrostriatal pathway : The nigrostriatal dopamine pathway that projects from the substantia nigra to the basal ganglia or striatum, is part of the extrapy...

Which medication has the SE of losing hair : Lithium The pt is bipolar, and had a partial response to depakote and now is going to be augmented with an atypical antipsychotic, the effects of atypical antipsychotics in nonpsychotic mania may be due to what : indirect effect on glutamate release...

Which of the following are important to teach to patients about preoperatively? Select all that apply. : -how to effectively use the incentive spirometer -the importance of early ambulation -what devices and drains they can expect to be connected to following surgery -how to effectively cough ...

Prefrontal cortex (PFC)[Mania] : Part of the brain responsible for the following mania symptoms: risks, racing thoughts, grandiosity, distractibility,talkative/pressured speech Amygdala (A) and PFC[Mania] : Part of the brain responsible for the following mania symptom: mood Thalamus (T),Hypoth...

What is the medication that is the antidote for alprazolam? : flumazenil What is the MOA of pregabalin that makes it alleviate pain for people with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue? : binds to the alpha 2 delta sub-units of voltage sensitive calcium channels What is an antagonist of caffeine :...

mesolimbic pathway : subcortical part of the brain involved in cognition and emotion Name the dopamine pathways and the symptoms associated : 1. NIGROSTRIATAL- to basal ganglia--movements 2. MESOLIMBIC- positive symptoms (assoc w/ euphoria and drug abuse 3.MESOCORTICAL-- with C's VTA-DLPFC - ...