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0 - History
1 dose of produced greater improv...,
Sedatives led to sleep therapy 19...,
Adorns seal of american psychiatr...
22  cards
1 - Cells, Diffusion, Basics
Defines the dose of drug that is ...,
The difference of content between...,
These describe the extent of biol...
45  cards
1 - Administration / Absorption / Distribution
These cannot act at target sites ...,
Movement of the drug from the sit...,
A drug rarely acts where it conta...
40  cards
1 - Placebo
Negative expectations may increas...,
An inert substance that produces ...,
Pavlovian conditioning 3
8  cards
1 - Biotransformation
These are dependent on metabolism...,
Potentially harmful chemicals and...,
Also called biotransformation occ...
21  cards
2 - Tolerance
Tolerance is absent reduced in a ...,
Changes in nerve cell function co...,
Repeated use of a drug reduces am...
9  cards
2 - Cells of Nervous System
Action potential moves along the ...,
When hyperpolarizations and depol...,
K moves into the cell because it ...
29  cards
2 - Cells and Functioning B
Dendrites and soma have _ _ 1,
Some i on channels are modified b...,
All cell membranes are polarized ...
33  cards
2 - Epigenetics
A complex of spherical histone pr...,
Acetylation methylation or phosph...,
Attachment of methyl groups to a ...
17  cards
3 - Plasticity
Functional and structural synapti...,
Synaptic change can result from _...,
1 mitogen activated protein kinas...
3  cards
3 - Endocrine System
Secreted by endocrine glands into...,
Two glands that come together dur...,
Derived from nervous system tissu...
14  cards
3 - Neurotransmission
Allosteric modulators only modify...,
Allosteric modulators 3 points 2,
1 many ionotropic and metabotropi...
28  cards
3 - Neurotransmitters
More than __ neurotransmitter che...,
The synaptic cleft is about _ _ 2,
The synapse is surrounded by proc...
27  cards
4 - Catecholamines
1 there are at least _ receptors ...,
1 reserpine vmat blocker depletes...,
1 5 ht3 receptors are located on ...
114  cards

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