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what are the benefits of animal testing?

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ability to control everything (diet, stress)

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face validity

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tests done on animals that closely resemble those done to humans

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predictive validity

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drug effects that are found in the lab mimic or predict the clinical effect

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construct validity

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the extent to which the animal measurement tool actually measures the characteristic being investigated

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vehicle solution

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what the drug/placebo is delivered in (saline)

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negative control

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placebo drug

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positive control

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drug

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fixed ratio

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an animal receives a treat after a certain number of presses on a lever

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fixed interval

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an animal receives a treat after a certain amount of time

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what are some measures of motor activity?

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video tracking, infrared light beams, open field tests

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what are some measures of analgesia?

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tail flick test, hot plate test, operant analgesia test

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operant conditioning

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an animal responds to a cue to obtain a reinforcer (food) and avoid a punishment

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what are some learning/memory tests?

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t maze, radial arm maze, morris water maze

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delayed response test

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wechsler memory scale

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what are some tests to measure anxiety?

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light dark crossing task, elevated plus maze, zero maze, one chamber social interaction test, novelty suppressed feeding paradigm

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what are some tests to measure fear

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conditioned emotional response, fear potentiated startle

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what are some tests to measure depression

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behavioral despair, forced swim test, suspension test, chronic mild unpredictable stress model, chronic social defeat stress, maternal separation, sucrose preference test

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what are some methods of drug reward and reinforcement

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self administration method, conditioned place preference

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what are the nine types of stereotaxic surgery

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lesioning: an electrode is inserted to destroy brain tissue, and behavior is evaluated before and after

neurotoxins: injected via a cannula to destroy cells

cannulas: can be used to administer drugs or neurotransmitters to stimulate cells

specific neurotoxins: used for different neural pathways that use particular neurotransmitters

microdialysis: measurement of neurotransmitters released in a specific brain region while the subject is engaged in behavior

in vivo voltammetry: implanted microelectrodes measure neurochemicals in extracellular fluid of freely moving animals

implanted macroelectrodes: electrical stimulation produces effects similar to neurotransmitter injection

microelectrodes: can be implanted into a single cell or into the extracellular fluid near a single cell

patch clamp electrophysiology: study of individual ion channels

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soup method

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isolates and grinds tissue samples to form a homogenate

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slice method

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use intact piece or slice or tissue for visualization

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radioligand binding

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amount of bound ligand reflects the number of receptors in the tissue

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what is the criteria to determine if ligand is binding to a specific receptor?

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specificity, saturability, reversibility, high affinity, biological relevance

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autoradiography

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radioligand is added to a tissue slice and shows distribution of receptors in the brain

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in vivo receptor binding
animal is injected with radioligand while alive
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Immunocytochemistry
specific cell localization
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western blot
whole tissue
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radioimmunoassay
brain region localization
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enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
whole tissue
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in situ hybridization
locates cells expressing a specific mRNA
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DNA microarrays
measure expression of thousands of genes at the same time
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Genome wide association studies
uses gene chips consisting of large sets of single nucleotide polymorphisms to search for alleles associated with a disease or disorder
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knockout mice
lack gene for making a particular protein
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knockin mice
inserted gene is modified to produce a slightly different protein
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transgenic mice
one gene has been substituted for another
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CRISPR
a faster way to genetically engineer mice
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Optogenetics
uses light and microbial opsins to exert precise control over genetically specified cells
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chemogenetics (DREADD)
a genetically engineered receptor is inserted into specific brain cells, then activated or suppressed by a ligand that was created to specifically bind to the inserted receptor and nothing else
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what are the 10 classes of drugs in the DSM 5
alcohol, caffeine, cannabis, hallucinogens, inhalants, opiods, sedative hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs, stimulants, tobacco
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substance use disorders
cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicating that the individual continues using the substance despite significant substance related problems
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substance induced disorders
reversible substance specific syndrome due to recent ingestion of a substance
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oral or transdermal drug administration
relatively slow absorption, slow availability to the brain
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IV or inhalation drug administration
rapid drug entry into the brain and a fast onset of drug action, shorter duration of action
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positive reinforcers
consuming the drug strengthens whatever preceding behavior was performed by organisms
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drug reward
the high
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how is drug reinforcement studied
self administration tests
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progressive ratio procedure
animals are trained continuous reinforcement schedule, then switched to a low FR schedule, increasing until the animal stops responding
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progression of drug use
recreational use -> escalation -> compulsive/problematic use -> withdrawl -> relapse
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heritability of substance use disorders
40-60 percent
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comorbidity
diagnosis of anxiety, mood, or personality disorder in addition to substance use disorder
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self medication hypothesis
individuals suffering from elevated anxiety should prefer sedative drugs, depressed individuals should want stimulant drugs
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shared etiology
certain factors contribute to elevated risk of addiction and other psychiatric disorders
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reward circuit
area of brain that mediates the acute rewarding and reinforcing effects of most recreational drugs
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catecholamines
dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine
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rate limiting enzyme
tyrosine hydroxylase
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how can catecholamine synthesis be increased
administering tyrosine or L-DOPA
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What is the multistep pathway of catecholamine synthesis?
Tyrosine hydroxylase -> L DOPA -> AADC -> dopamine -> DBH -> norepinephrine
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What loads catecholamines into synaptic vesicles?
VMAT
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What blocks VMAT?
reserpine (irreversible) causing a drop in dopamine and norepineprhine, sedation and depression
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dopamine release is inhibited by?
autoreceptors
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single spiking mode
action potentials appear at irregular intervals (tonic release)
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burst mode
a TON of action potentials all at once
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catecholamine reuptake
dopamine and norepinephrine transporters return the transmitters to the releasing cell to be broken down or repackaged
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how are catecholamine levels regulated
metabolizing enzyme
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mesolimbic dopamine pathway
VTA to limbic system (A10)
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mesocortical dopamine pathway
VTA to cerebral cortex (A10)
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nigrostriatal tract
axons ascend to the dorsal striatum in the forebrain (A9)
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5 main subtypes of dopamine receptors
D1 (D1 and D5) and D2 (D2, D3, D4)
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What do D1 receptors do?
stimulate adenylyl cyclase
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What do D2 receptors do?
inhibit adenylyl cyclase
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b1 and b2 receptors
stimulate adenylyl cyclase
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a2 receptors
inhibit adenylyl cyclase, inhibits norepinephrine release or cell firing
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a1 receptors
activates phosphoinositide
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what do sedation and stress have to do with a2 and a1
there is a fine balance between a2 (sedation) and a1 (stress). optimal working memory performance is right in the middle
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what are the different forms of cocaine and how are they administered?
coca leaves - chewed with lime or ash cocaine paste- smoked with tobacco cocaine salt- snorted or injected cocaine free base- add water and mix with base (smoke) crack- smoke
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what are most of cocaine's actions due to
its ability to block reuptake of dopamine, norepinephrine, and 5HT by inhibiting their membrane transporters
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what plays the most important role in mediating behavioral responses to psychostimulant drugs?
Dopamine
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what are d1 receptors required for
locomotor stimulating effects
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Do D1 or D2 knockout mice self administer cocaine
D2 (and D3)
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what is the main mode of action of cocaine?
blocks reuptake of DA
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where is dopamine produced?
substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area, hypothalamus
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where is norepinephrine produced?
locus coeruleus

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