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178. Which era of psychopharmacology broadly classified psychotropics as tranquilizers, ataractics, and neuroleptics? a. Psychopharmacology: Mid-nineteenth century to 1950 b. Modern psychopharm-acology: 1950–1964 c. Forging disease specificity: 1964–1988 d. Late 1980s to the present 179. Prominent clinical effect includes emotional calmness, controlling the symptoms of acutely and chronically disturbed psychiatry patients, exerting relatively little or no sedation. This statement describes: a. Ataractics b. Major tranquilizers c. Minor tranquilizers d. Opioids 180. Which of the following is widely considered to be the first member of the atypical antipsychotics class? a. Carbamazepine b. Clozapine c. Quetiapine d. Aripiprazole 181. Which of the following drugs was discovered to selectively block serotonin receptors? a. Clozapine b. Carbamazepine 182. Each neuron is characterized by a lengthy process extending out from the cell body, which is called the: a. Soma b. Dendrite c. Nucleus d. Synapse 183. Axonal transport (neuronal signaling) is aided by proteins such as: a. Glycine b. Kinesin c. D-serine d. Glutamate 184. Which of the neuronal communication methods is mediated by a range of chemical messengers, including neuropeptides, endocannabinoids, and monoamines? a. Axonal transfer b. Fast point-to-point information transfer c. Slow signaling d. Mid transfer 185. Synaptic vesicles make direct contact with a part of the presynaptic plasma membrane in a region called the: c. Aripiprazole d. Haloperidol
187. Chemical messengers released from presynaptic neuron vesicles to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron are called: a. Neurotransmitters b. Enzymes c. Hormones d. Plasma 188. Neuroactive compounds that have been recently classified as neurotransmitters under controversial conditions are b. Noncanonical c. Free radicals d. Signaling proteins 189. Which of the following is classified as an amine neurotransmitter? a. Glycine b. Glutamate c. D-serine d. Histamine 190. Glutamate decarboxylation leads to the production of which of the following? a. GABA b. Glycine c. Serotonin d. Norepi-nephrine described as: a. Canonical 191. Histaminergic neurons in the tuberomammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus are responsible for the production of which of the following? a. Epinephrine b. Serotonin c. Histamine d. Glycine 192. In humans, the precursor of serotonin is: a. Glycine b. Dopamine c. L-tryptophan d. D-serine 193. All the receptor subtypes of serotonin show excitatory potential EXCEPT: a. 5-HT1 and 5-HT3 b. 5-HT1 and 5-HT5 c. 5-HT4 and 5-HT2 d. 5-HT2 and 5-HT5 194. Which of the following is linked to the mechanisms controlling the brain reward systems in humans? a. Norepinephrine b. Glutamate c. Glycine d. Dopamine 195. Which neurotransmitter is popular for its principal functions in the fight-or-flight response? a. Norepinephrine b. Glutamate c. Glycine d. Dopamine
a. Active zone b. Inactive zone c. Somatic zone d. Free zone
186. In synaptic communications pathways, the region that houses a concentrated assembly of adhesion molecules, receptors, and associated signaling proteins is called: a. Soma b. Active zone c. Postsynaptic density d. SNARE
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