NSG 221 - Mental Health Nursing
Exam 1
Question:
Dopamine
Answer:
- excitatory
- controls complex movements, motivation, cognition
- regulates emotional response
Question:
Norepinephrine
Answer:
- excitatory
- causes changes in attention, mood, learning, memory, sleep
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Question:
Epinephrine
Answer:
- excitatory
- fight or flight response
Question:
Acetylcholine
Answer:
- excitatory or inhibitory
- controls sleep and wakefulness
- signals muscles to become alert
Question:
Serotonin
Answer:
- inhibitory
- controls sleep, pain control, sex, food intake, temperature
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Question:
y-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Answer:
- Inhibitory
- modulates other neurotransmitters
- controls anxiety
Question:
histamine
Answer:
- neuromodulator
- controls alertness, gastric secretions, cardiac stimulation
Question:
________is a neurotransmitter that is believed to be in overabundance in certain areas of the brain responsible for hallucinations. Antipsychotic medications are thought to reduce this neurotransmitter activity in the brain.
Answer:
Dopamine
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