Exam 4R

A  sweat glands.

B  adrenal cortex.

C  adrenal medulla.

D  pituitary.

E  anterior pituitary.

A  schizophrenia spectrum

B  phobic

C  depressive

D  anxiety

E  bipolar

A  their own striatal

B  fetal adrenal medulla

C  fetal substantia nigra

D  their own substantia nigra

E  adrenal cortex

A  anabolic steroids

B  sexual dimorphism

C  estrous cycle

D  Kluver-Bucy syndrome

E  John Money

A  suspected he was a boy from the second grade on.

B  refused to wear a bra.

C  acted like a male from an early age.

D  all of these

E  requested mastectomy and phalloplasty.

A  seizures.

B  changes in personality.

C  disturbances of attention.

D  all of these

E  a selective decline in memory.

A  neuropsychological

B  psychiatric

C  neurochemical

D  degenerative

E  neurobehavioral

A  BDNF is localized in the prefrontal lobes.

B  women have twice as much as men.

C  treatments that improve depression increase BDNF.

D  it plays an important role in mental health.

E  regeneration is not possible without it.

A  little public hair.

B  all of these

C  internalized testes.

D  shallow vaginas.

E  breasts.

A  a Müllerian system.

B  ovaries.

C  testes.

D  a Wolffian system.

E  the penis.

A  greater among cocaine users.

B  more than for dizygotic twins.

C  greater for males than for females.

D  much more than 50%.

E  much less than 100%.

A  can be blocked by hormones but is not stimulated by them.

B  is stimulated by a high ratio of androgens to estrogens.

C  occurs automatically even if testosterone is present in large amounts.

D  occurs automatically unless testosterone is present.

E  is stimulated by a high ratio of estrogens to androgens.

A  most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine agonists.

B  depressed people have low levels of monoamines.

C  depressed people have high levels of monoamines.

D  most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine antagonists.

A  blood; brain

B  glutamate; brain

C  blood; heart

D  air; body

E  neurotransmitters; brain

A  delusions

B  incoherent speech or thought

C  inappropriate affect

D  hallucinations

E  all of these

A  eliminate their sterility.

B  enable them to achieve an erection.

C  render them potent.

D  increase their sex drive.

E  increase their muscularity.

A  glutamate receptors.

B  D1 receptors.

C  D2 receptors.

D  autoreceptors.

E  dopamine.

A  all of these

B  jerky, writhing movements of entire limbs.

C  severe dementia.

D  increased fidgetiness.

A  doctors recover more than scientists.

B  they displayed a remarkable degree of recovery of lost cognitive functions.

C  their cognitive deficits were greater because they had more to lose.

D  scientists recover more than doctors.

E  their cognitive reserve allowed them to compensate for their cognitive deficits by accomplishing cognitive tasks in alternative ways, even though they did not recover lost functions.

A  the female sex ducts.

B  testes.

C  the Wolffian system.

D  ovaries.

E  the frenulum.

A  from the same bipotential tissue.

B  under direct genetic control.

C  under environmental control.

D  from different tissue.

E  under estrogenic control.

A  brain infarcts.

B  cerebral attacks.

C  cancerous brain tumors of sudden onset.

D  closed-head injuries of sudden onset.

E  cerebrovascular disorders of sudden onset.

A  is most common in very warm climates.

B  is associated with damage to the myelin of the CNS.

C  is usually the result of a dominant gene.

D  all of these

E  occurs at a very high rate in Africans and East Asians.

A  often characterized by the systematic spread of motor symptoms through the body.

B  focal seizures whose symptoms are primarily sensory or motor.

C  none of these

D  all of these

E  Jacksonian.

A  last more than 2 weeks.

B  last less than 2 weeks.

C  involve a suicide attempt.

D  be triggered by an obvious traumatic event.

E  NOT involve anhedonia.