Exam 4R

A  adrenal cortex.

B  pituitary.

C  adrenal medulla.

D  sweat glands.

E  anterior pituitary.

A  phobic

B  schizophrenia spectrum

C  bipolar

D  depressive

E  anxiety

A  adrenal cortex

B  their own substantia nigra

C  fetal adrenal medulla

D  fetal substantia nigra

E  their own striatal

A  anabolic steroids

B  John Money

C  estrous cycle

D  Kluver-Bucy syndrome

E  sexual dimorphism

A  refused to wear a bra.

B  acted like a male from an early age.

C  all of these

D  requested mastectomy and phalloplasty.

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

A  all of these

B  changes in personality.

C  a selective decline in memory.

D  seizures.

E  disturbances of attention.

A  neurobehavioral

B  neurochemical

C  psychiatric

D  neuropsychological

E  degenerative

A  BDNF is localized in the prefrontal lobes.

B  treatments that improve depression increase BDNF.

C  it plays an important role in mental health.

D  women have twice as much as men.

E  regeneration is not possible without it.

A  breasts.

B  all of these

C  little public hair.

D  internalized testes.

E  shallow vaginas.

A  ovaries.

B  testes.

C  a Müllerian system.

D  a Wolffian system.

E  the penis.

A  greater for males than for females.

B  much more than 50%.

C  more than for dizygotic twins.

D  greater among cocaine users.

E  much less than 100%.

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

B  occurs automatically unless testosterone is present.

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

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

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

A  depressed people have low levels of monoamines.

B  depressed people have high levels of monoamines.

C  most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine antagonists.

D  most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine agonists.

A  air; body

B  glutamate; brain

C  blood; heart

D  neurotransmitters; brain

E  blood; brain

A  incoherent speech or thought

B  inappropriate affect

C  all of these

D  delusions

E  hallucinations

A  increase their muscularity.

B  eliminate their sterility.

C  increase their sex drive.

D  render them potent.

E  enable them to achieve an erection.

A  D1 receptors.

B  glutamate receptors.

C  D2 receptors.

D  autoreceptors.

E  dopamine.

A  increased fidgetiness.

B  all of these

C  jerky, writhing movements of entire limbs.

D  severe dementia.

A  scientists recover more than doctors.

B  doctors recover more than scientists.

C  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.

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

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

A  the female sex ducts.

B  the frenulum.

C  testes.

D  ovaries.

E  the Wolffian system.

A  from the same bipotential tissue.

B  from different tissue.

C  under environmental control.

D  under direct genetic control.

E  under estrogenic control.

A  cerebral attacks.

B  cerebrovascular disorders of sudden onset.

C  cancerous brain tumors of sudden onset.

D  brain infarcts.

E  closed-head injuries of sudden onset.

A  all of these

B  is usually the result of a dominant gene.

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

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

E  is most common in very warm climates.

A  all of these

B  none of these

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

D  Jacksonian.

E  focal seizures whose symptoms are primarily sensory or motor.

A  last more than 2 weeks.

B  involve a suicide attempt.

C  NOT involve anhedonia.

D  last less than 2 weeks.

E  be triggered by an obvious traumatic event.