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Cognition and Reward Flashcards

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What are positive symptoms?

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distorted or excess of normal functioning

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What are positive symptoms of Schizophrenia?

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delusions, hallucinations and thought disorders

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What are negative symptoms?

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deficit or decrease in normal functioning

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What are negative symptoms of Schizophrenia?

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flattened emotional response, poverty of speech, social withdrawal and anhedonia

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What is the early neurodevelopment model of Schizophrenia?

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during the second trimester lesions appear which lie dormant until the brain matures and required these areas (Murray and Lewis 1987)

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What is the late neurodevelopment model of Schizophrenia?

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an abnormality in peri-adolescent synaptic pruning (Feinberg 1983)

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What is the 2 hit model of Schizophrenia?

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the combination of both early and late developmental problems

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What physical brain change is observed in Schizophrenia?

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ventricular enlargement, loss of grey matter reduced temporal, frontal and subcortical matter

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What is hypofrontality?

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a decrease in blood flow to the prefrontal cortex (mesocortical area) leading to decreased brain activity during high cognitive load

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What neurocognitive deficits are observed in Schizophrenia?

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lower IQ, attentional deficit, working memory deficit, planning and information processing deficit, lack of filtering out irrelevant information

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What neurophysiological deficits are observed in Schizophrenia?

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pre-pulse inhibition and oculomotor functions

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What is pre-pulse inhibition?

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schizophrenics are unable to inhibit a startle response despite being given a preceding stimulus

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What are oculomotor functions?

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tracking a spot smoothly and suppression of looking at a target

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What does the mesolimbic system consist of?

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ventral tegmentum and nucleus accumbens

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How is the mesolimbic system related to Schizophrenia?

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an overactive mesolimbic system (increased dopamine) leads to positive symptoms

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How is the mesocortical system related to Schizophrenia?

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reduced activity in the mesocortical (reduced dopamine) leads to negative symptoms

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What does the mesocortical system consist of?

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ventral tegmentum and prefrontal cortex

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What is some evidence for the role of dopamine in Schizophrenia?

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effectiveness of dopamine antagonists, drugs boosting dopamine can induce positive symptoms, increased dopamine in caudate putamen

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What are some problems with the dopamine hypothesis?

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only explains positive symptoms, dopamine antagonists exacerbate negative symptoms

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What is the glutamate hypofunctioning theory?

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positive symptoms in Schizophrenia such as delusions and hallucinations are the result of decreased glutamate

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What evidence is there for glutamate hypofunctioning theory?

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NMDA receptor antagonists (ketamine) can induce hypo function and glutamate agonists improve both positive and negative symptoms

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How does glutamate affect dopamine?

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glutamate excites GABA which then causes the inhibition of dopamine

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How can glutamate affect neurodevelopment?

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excitotoxicity can cause problems with neural pathways, migration, plasticity and pruning

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What can glutamate excitotoxicity lead to in later life?

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glutamate hypofunctioning

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What is apoptosis?

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programmed cell death caused by neurostructural changes

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How is microglial activity related to Schizophrenia?

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brain immune cells are hyperactive in people at risk of developing the disease

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What evidence is there for the role of microglial activity in Schizophrenia?

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blocking/reducing microglial activation in premorbid schizophrenics may alleviate some symptoms

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What has genome analysis revealed about the causes of Schizophrenia?

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dopamine receptor gene is associated with risk of Schizophrenia, more than 100 loci associated with Schizophrenia risk

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What is major depressive disorder?

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more intense and longer lasting feelings of sadness - 3x more likely in females than males

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What is affective disorder?

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extreme of inappropriate exaggeration of mood

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What is bipolar disorder?

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bouts of depression or mania

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What evidence is there for the role of genetics in mood disorders?

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relatives of those with a mood disorder are 2 to 3 times more likely to have one, if an identical twin has a mood disorder the other twin is 3x more likely to have one

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What are some symptoms of major depression?

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depressed mood, anhedonia, weight loss/gain, insomnia/hypersomnia, psychomotor agitation/retardation

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How is serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine linked to depression?

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lowered levels of these metabolites are in the CSF of depressed individuals

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How can Reserpine induce depressive symptoms?

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it blocks the packaging of monoamines into the vesicles so no transmitter can be released

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How is Tryptophan involved in depression?

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patients on a tryptophan free diet had a 50% depletion of serotonin causing depressive symptoms to reoccur

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What evidence is there for the role of serotonin in depression?

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anti-depressant medications work by changing serotonin levels, suicidal patients are characterised as having particularly low levels of serotonin

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What are the types of antidepressant medications?

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monoamine oxidase inhibitors, monoamine reuptake inhibitors and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

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How do monoamine oxidase inhibitors work?

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inhibits the amine which breaks down monoamines in the synaptic cleft

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How do monoamine reuptake inhibitors work?

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prevent the reuptake of monoamines into the synaptic terminal

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How do selective reuptake serotonin inhibitors work?

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block the breakdown (increased pool) of monoamines and blocks the reuptake (increased signal) of monoamines

42
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What physical changes are seen in the brain with depression?

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reduced hippocampal volume

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What is the HPA axis?

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Hypothalamus releases CRH
Pituitary gland releases ACTH
Adrenal gland released cortisol

44
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How can chronic stress induce depression?

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chronic stress can cause chronic activation of glucocorticoid receptors, too much Ca2+ entry can cause excitotoxicity and cell death; hippocampus cannot feedback

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How are depressed patients more at risk of stress?

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the stress activation system is very sensitive, they have high blood levels of cortisol, high brain levels of CRH and fewer glucocorticoid receptors

46
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What are some genetic risk factors associated with depression?

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a mutation in he serotonin transporter gene was found to moderate the influence of stressful life events and individuals with one or two short alleles of the 5-HTT premotor polymorphism exhibit more depressive symptoms

47
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Why is the therapeutic effect so slow?

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increase in CREB is slow, brain growth and receptor regeneration due to BDNF is slow

48
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What is tolerance?

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the diminishing effect of a drug so more is required for the same effect (homeostatic-compensatory change)

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What is dependence?

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physical or adaptive changes, a homeostatic response to repeated administration, can lead to withdrawal (homeostatic-compensatory change)

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What is sensitisation?

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repeated administration elicits escalating effects e.g. psychostimulants (associative learning)

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How do amphetamines directly induce reward?

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increase the availability of dopamine at the synapse by blocking or reversing reuptake

52
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How does nicotine directly induce reward?

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direct excitation of VTA neurons by actions at nicotinic receptors

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How do opioid and cannabinoids indirectly induce reward?

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action at opioid or cannabinoid receptors indirectly leads to modulation of VTA activity

54
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What happens during associative learning?

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NAcc firing coincident with a reward associated cue will induce LTP strengthening synaptic connections

55
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How does dopamine affect LTP?

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glutamatergic transmission is modified, synaptic remodelling, long term molecular changes, pathway memory can trigger relapse

56
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What physical change can be caused by chronic substance abuse?

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frontal lobe dysfunction - hypoactivity

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How can hypoactivity explain addictive behaviour?

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loss of motivational control of drug seeking behaviour and loss of inhibitory control to resist drugs when exposed to them

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What evidence is there for the mesocorticolimbic pathway in addiction?

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damage to the NAcc decreases heroin self administration and drugs of abuse maintain dopamine release in NAcc after repeated exposure

59
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How do opiates have a rewarding effect?

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they act at endogenous opioid receptors decreasing adenylyl cyclase activity, act as an analgesic at the mu receptors

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How does alcohol affect brain functioning?

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inhibits the functioning of most channels, prevents NMDA excitation

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How does alcohol induce reward?

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increased dopamine release in the NAcc;

1) Supression of cortical output
2) No activation of GABA interneuron
3) DA neurons are disinhibited in VTA and become able to fire

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How does nicotine induce reward?

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increased dopamine release in the NAcc due to activation of nicotinic ACh and facilitation of dopamine release by pre-synaptic receptors in NAcc

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How does opiate dependence occur?

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chronic activation of opiate receptors leads to homeostatic mechanism which compensates for the functional changes, leading to dependence

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What are the effects of acute morphine dependence?

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acute inhibition of firing of locus coeruleus neurons through Gi pathway

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What are the effects of chronic morphine dependence?

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locus coeruleus neurons return to normal firing rate (Gs pathway upregulates to match Gi)

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What are the effects of withdrawal?

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dramatic increase in locus coeruleus firing (in absence of Gi inhibition Gs hypersensitive)

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What are the acute effects of alcohol?

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agonist at GABA receptor and antagonist at NDMA receptor; cells are inhibited from firing

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What are the chronic effects of alcohol?

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down-regulation of GABA receptors and up-regulation of NMDA receptors; in the presence of alcohol, firing rates return to normal

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What effect does alcohol withdrawal have?

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in the absence of alcohol the balance shifts to excitation and physical symptoms

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What effect on control functions does the addicted brain show?

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weakening of top-town inhibitory control functions and strengthening of bottom-up functions

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What are the 3 main subtypes of behavioural impulsivity?

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temporal, motor inhibition and reflection

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Describe the temporal impulsive subtype and how it is tested

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inability to delay gratification; tested with a delay discounting task

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Describe the motor inhibition impulsive subtype and how it is tested

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inability to inhibit responding; tested with a GO/ NO GO or stop signal test

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Describe the reflection impulsivity subtype and how it is tested

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inability to reflect before making a decision; tested by a matching familiar figures test

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What are the main causes of impulsivity?

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neglect and trauma

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What are some physical features of a brain of an individual with ADHD?

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smaller prefrontal cortex and cerebellum, delayed cortical thinning, reduced signalling in reward pathways

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