Deck 3 - Central Nervous System Drugs Flashcards
Conducting an action potential down the axon of the neuron.
AXONAL CONDUCTION
Process by which information is carried across the gap between neuron and postsynaptic cell.
SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
Decreased response occuring in the course of prolonged drug use.
TOLERANCE
State in which abrupt discontinuation of drug use will precipitate a withdrawal syndrome.
PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE
ADHD stands for?
ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Unable to move and may collapse.
NARCOLEPSY
A drug used for treatment of respiratory depression caused by drug overdose and COPD.
DEXOPRAM
A drugs that block receptors for ACh.
ANTICHOLINERGIC AGENTS
It is a general term that applies to all types of epileptic events.
SEIZURE
What is the abnormal phenomenon?
CONVULSION
The group of disorder characterized by excessive excitability of neurons in the CNS.
EPILEPSY
It affects the extrapyramidal system which influences movement.
PARKINSON’S DISEASE
A drug that most commonly prescribed anticonvulsant drug.
PHENYTOIN
A type of seizure that excitation undergoes limited spread from the focus to adjacent cortical areas.
PARTIAL SEIZURE
A type of seizure that excitation spread widely throughout both hemispheres of the brain.
GENERALIZED SEIZURE
