General 6 Flashcards
(50 cards)
relationship between Ach and aggression
increases aggression
prevalence of Alzheimer’s after age 85
20-40%
gender with greater prevalence for Alzheimer’s?
women
how does 2-PAM work in organophosphate poisoning
pralidoxime accelerates reactivate of the inhibited AchE; atropin counteracts muscarinic effects
biomarker for pathological gambling?
decreased MHPG levels; decreased platelet MAO activity
pregnancy class of benzos?
D
sleepwalking and sleep terrors - which stage of sleep?
slow wave sleep
animal studies: no risk. No human studies available.
class B
animal studies: risk. No human studies available
class C
essential tremor prevalence
higher in men and whites
essential tremor tx
primidone and beta blockers; rare: stereotactic thalamotomy
demyelination of corpus callous in alcoholics
Marchiafava Bignami dz
tuberoinfundibular
hypothalamus to anterior pituitary
nigrostriatal
substantia nigra to basal ganglia
mesocortial
VTA to frontal cortex
mesolimbic
VTA to nucleus accumbens
tx for stiff person syndrome
diazepam
SSRIs with most intense GI sx
sertraline and fluvoxamine (5-HT3)
person who defined five personality types of Western society
Fromm
person who coined term self actualization
Kurt Goldstein
person who studied object relations and borderline personality
Otto Kernberg
risk of fetal alcohol syndrome for drinking mothers?
33%
best known for his work on the interpersonal theory (relationships) over drives
Harry Stack Sullivan
blended genetic model with influence of social environment
Adolf Meyer
