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week 2.1 Flashcards

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Perseveration

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persistence of single thought

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2
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Attending

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Inability to focus on task

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3
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emotionally labile

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mood changes

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4
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Apraxia

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Difficulty controlling fine and gross motor movement

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5
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brocas aphasia

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inability to Express language

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Wernicke’s aphasia

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Difficulty understanding words

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what is the difference between hallucinations and visual illusions?

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Hallucinations don’t involved a physical object present in sight

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What is the function of the amygdala?

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Processes emotions, such as anxiety, fear, pleasure

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9
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serotonin

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Inhibitory neurotransmitter
Modulates mood and emotion

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10
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does serotonin increase or decrease in depression

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Decrease

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11
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dopamine

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Excitatory neurotransmitter
Pleasure, complex motor activity

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12
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does dopamine increase or decrease in depression and addiction?

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Decrease

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13
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norepinephrine

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Mood, attention, arousal
Fight or flight

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14
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Does norepinephrine increase or decrease in depression

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Decrease

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15
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GABA

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Modulates stress

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16
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does GABA increase or decrease with anxiety/mania?

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decrease

17
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Glutamate

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Excitatory neurotransmitter

18
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what conditions cause glutamate to be increased?

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Alzheimer’s
Seizures

19
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what conditions cause glutamate to decrease?

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Psychosis
Autism
Depression
OCD

20
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what is acetyl choline responsible for regulating?

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Sleep wake cycles

21
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does acetylcholine increase or decrease in depression

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Increase

22
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Neural plasticity

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Ability of brain to re-organize neural pathways based on new experiences

23
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synaptic pruning

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Weeding out weaker synapses to improve networking capacity

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