Exam 4R

A  adrenal cortex.

B  sweat glands.

C  adrenal medulla.

D  pituitary.

E  anterior pituitary.

A  schizophrenia spectrum

B  depressive

C  bipolar

D  phobic

E  anxiety

A  adrenal cortex

B  fetal adrenal medulla

C  fetal substantia nigra

D  their own striatal

E  their own substantia nigra

A  anabolic steroids

B  Kluver-Bucy syndrome

C  estrous cycle

D  sexual dimorphism

E  John Money

A  all of these

B  refused to wear a bra.

C  requested mastectomy and phalloplasty.

D  acted like a male from an early age.

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

A  a selective decline in memory.

B  disturbances of attention.

C  seizures.

D  all of these

E  changes in personality.

A  neurobehavioral

B  degenerative

C  neuropsychological

D  psychiatric

E  neurochemical

A  regeneration is not possible without it.

B  BDNF is localized in the prefrontal lobes.

C  women have twice as much as men.

D  it plays an important role in mental health.

E  treatments that improve depression increase BDNF.

A  shallow vaginas.

B  internalized testes.

C  breasts.

D  little public hair.

E  all of these

A  a Müllerian system.

B  testes.

C  a Wolffian system.

D  ovaries.

E  the penis.

A  greater for males than for females.

B  more than for dizygotic twins.

C  much more than 50%.

D  greater among cocaine users.

E  much less than 100%.

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

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

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

D  occurs automatically unless testosterone is present.

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

A  most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine antagonists.

B  depressed people have high levels of monoamines.

C  most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine agonists.

D  depressed people have low levels of monoamines.

A  blood; heart

B  blood; brain

C  air; body

D  neurotransmitters; brain

E  glutamate; brain

A  inappropriate affect

B  hallucinations

C  all of these

D  delusions

E  incoherent speech or thought

A  increase their sex drive.

B  render them potent.

C  enable them to achieve an erection.

D  increase their muscularity.

E  eliminate their sterility.

A  D1 receptors.

B  D2 receptors.

C  glutamate receptors.

D  dopamine.

E  autoreceptors.

A  all of these

B  increased fidgetiness.

C  jerky, writhing movements of entire limbs.

D  severe dementia.

A  scientists recover more than doctors.

B  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.

C  doctors recover more than scientists.

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  ovaries.

B  the frenulum.

C  the female sex ducts.

D  testes.

E  the Wolffian system.

A  from different tissue.

B  from the same bipotential tissue.

C  under estrogenic control.

D  under environmental control.

E  under direct genetic control.

A  cerebral attacks.

B  cancerous brain tumors of sudden onset.

C  brain infarcts.

D  closed-head injuries of sudden onset.

E  cerebrovascular disorders of sudden onset.

A  is usually the result of a dominant gene.

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

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

D  is most common in very warm climates.

E  all of these

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

B  focal seizures whose symptoms are primarily sensory or motor.

C  all of these

D  Jacksonian.

E  none of these

A  NOT involve anhedonia.

B  be triggered by an obvious traumatic event.

C  last more than 2 weeks.

D  last less than 2 weeks.

E  involve a suicide attempt.