Exam 4: The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology

Which compound competes with adenosine for presynaptic autoreceptors, thus preventing adenosine from inhibiting transmitter release.

Explain what it means to say that a drug has a high bioavailability.

Damage to which site would affect projections using the neurotransmitter norepinephrine?

People who have used a particular dose of a drug several times may develop a similar response to the same dosage of other drugs in the same class. This is an example of

The mood-stabilizing drug lithium acts by

A drug or toxin that resembles the endogenous ligand and that can bind to the receptor and activate it is called as a(n)

Curare is a drug that selectively blocks receptors for

Describe the anatomy of the dopaminergic systems of the brain.

Most antipsychotic medications act by blocking _______ receptors.

If a newly-developed drug is found to bind to dopamine receptors but does not activate them, the drug is classified as a(n)

The _______ model of drug abuse and addiction focuses on the addict's desire to avoid withdrawal symptoms.

One perspective on drug addiction proposes that a feature shared by all habit-forming drugs is that they

Are rodent models of drug addiction useful contributions to substance abuse research? Why or why not? What might be missed with this approach and what findings would you expect to be consistent across species?

Noradrenergic axons project into the