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Test 2 Flashcards

1
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How much caffeine is in the average (500 mg) cup of coffee?

A

100 mg of caffeine

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2
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What substance(s) does alcohol generalize

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Barbiturates and several anesthetics

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3
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What change will alcohol provoke in a the rundown runway food and shock test?

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If given alcohol, they will run down the runway and eat the food

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4
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What substance reduces control of aversive consequences?

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Alcohol

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5
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What substance(s) does alcohol not generalize?

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Amphetamines

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6
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When alcohol tends to increase behaviour that is normally suppressed by punishment or adverse consequences

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Disinhibition

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7
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Labels for possible with drawl symptoms associated with the abstinence of alcohol consumption after chronic use

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Early minor syndrome and late major syndrome

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8
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Prolong alcohol abuse me eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver which is characterized by

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The development of scar tissue on the liver

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9
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What disorder is related to the physical symptoms such as increased heart rate shortness of breath and fear of dying

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Panic disorders

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10
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Benzodiazepines are absorbed more rapidly when taken orally than intramuscular because

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They tend to bind to proteins at the intramuscular injection site

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11
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Iso-propanol, ethanol, and methanol are types of what

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Alcohols

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12
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Pat and Chris have the same body weight and drink the same amount of alcohol under the same conditions. Pat will reach a higher blood alcohol level if

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Pat is a woman and Chris is a man

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13
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An en bloc blackout is

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When alcohol causes amnesia because memories of events were never formed

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14
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Benzodiazepines alter the functioning of which transmitters

A

GABA

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15
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Which of the following have a low affinity for the benzodiazepines receptor and have a weak effect

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Abecarnil

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16
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The stimulus properties of the benzodiazepines will generalized of the following drug

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Barbiturates

17
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Most benzodiazepine abuse is a result of

A

Physician prescribing practises

18
Q

Which class of drugs is it possible to target specific symptoms such as anxiety without producing sedative-hypnotic side effects

A

Z-drugs

19
Q

Nicotine can be absorbed from cigar and pipe smoke without inhaling because

A

Nicotine it makes saliva basic so therefore it does not get ionized and is absorbed rapidly

20
Q

When people stop smoking day

A

They are mood worsens then returns to normal in 3 to 4 weeks and then becomes better than it was during smoking over the next 10 weeks

21
Q

In some experiments, the stimulus properties of nicotine partially generalized to what?

A

D-ampetamine

22
Q

Which is not a means of delivering nicotine as an aid to smoking cessation?

A

Nicotine pills

23
Q

Because of different combustion temperatures…

A

The concentrations of carcinogens and toxic substances are higher

24
Q

Nicotine vaccines such as TA-Nicand NicVAX

A

Stimulate the bodies immune system to create antibodies for molecules of nicotine. The antibodies surround the molecules of nicotine, blocking them from entering the blood brain barrier

25
Q

What is not a member of the methylxanthines?

A

Theo xanthine

26
Q

How much caffeine is in the average cup of coffee

A

100 mg

27
Q

The methylxanthines are bases and in the acidic environment of the digestive system…

A

They do not ionize at all because of their low PKa

28
Q

Kathleen is found in many over the counter headache remedy because

A

Vasoconstriction in the brain

29
Q

Automutilation in rats after consuming caffeine refers to

A

Causing oneself to bleed as a result of biting their tail and paws

30
Q

Human caffeine self administration studies have shown which factor can contribute to caffeine preference

A

Physical dependence and reporting pleasant subjective affects from caffeine

31
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chronic tolerance and alcohol

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Develops over weeks requires 30 to 50% higher doses

32
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Alcohol tolerance and rats

A

Leaves after 2 to 3 weeks of abstinence, but reappears quicker

33
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Alcohol stimulus properties

A

Stimulus properties blocked by 5-HT3 receptor blockers and not dopamine D2 blocker

34
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Acute tolerance

A

When tolerance develops during a single administration. A cute tolerance of alcohol affects on cognitive functioning very depending on many factors. Some of these include dose and prior alcohol exposure. Many of the effects of alcohol or more pronounced when the blood alcohol concentration is rising as opposed to when it is falling

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