Exam 4R

A  sweat glands.

B  adrenal cortex.

C  anterior pituitary.

D  pituitary.

E  adrenal medulla.

A  schizophrenia spectrum

B  bipolar

C  anxiety

D  depressive

E  phobic

A  fetal substantia nigra

B  fetal adrenal medulla

C  their own substantia nigra

D  their own striatal

E  adrenal cortex

A  Kluver-Bucy syndrome

B  anabolic steroids

C  sexual dimorphism

D  John Money

E  estrous cycle

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

B  refused to wear a bra.

C  all of these

D  requested mastectomy and phalloplasty.

E  acted like a male from an early age.

A  all of these

B  changes in personality.

C  a selective decline in memory.

D  disturbances of attention.

E  seizures.

A  neurobehavioral

B  psychiatric

C  neuropsychological

D  neurochemical

E  degenerative

A  treatments that improve depression increase BDNF.

B  regeneration is not possible without it.

C  women have twice as much as men.

D  BDNF is localized in the prefrontal lobes.

E  it plays an important role in mental health.

A  all of these

B  internalized testes.

C  shallow vaginas.

D  breasts.

E  little public hair.

A  a Wolffian system.

B  the penis.

C  ovaries.

D  a Müllerian system.

E  testes.

A  more than for dizygotic twins.

B  greater for males than for females.

C  much more than 50%.

D  greater among cocaine users.

E  much less than 100%.

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

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

C  occurs automatically unless testosterone is present.

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

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

A  most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine antagonists.

B  most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine agonists.

C  depressed people have high levels of monoamines.

D  depressed people have low levels of monoamines.

A  air; body

B  blood; heart

C  glutamate; brain

D  neurotransmitters; brain

E  blood; brain

A  inappropriate affect

B  delusions

C  hallucinations

D  incoherent speech or thought

E  all of these

A  increase their muscularity.

B  eliminate their sterility.

C  enable them to achieve an erection.

D  render them potent.

E  increase their sex drive.

A  D2 receptors.

B  D1 receptors.

C  autoreceptors.

D  glutamate receptors.

E  dopamine.

A  jerky, writhing movements of entire limbs.

B  all of these

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  scientists recover more than doctors.

D  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.

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

A  the female sex ducts.

B  testes.

C  ovaries.

D  the Wolffian system.

E  the frenulum.

A  from different tissue.

B  under estrogenic control.

C  from the same bipotential tissue.

D  under direct genetic control.

E  under environmental control.

A  closed-head injuries of sudden onset.

B  cancerous brain tumors of sudden onset.

C  brain infarcts.

D  cerebrovascular disorders of sudden onset.

E  cerebral attacks.

A  all of these

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

C  is usually the result of a dominant gene.

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

E  is most common in very warm climates.

A  Jacksonian.

B  all of these

C  focal seizures whose symptoms are primarily sensory or motor.

D  none of these

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

A  involve a suicide attempt.

B  be triggered by an obvious traumatic event.

C  last less than 2 weeks.

D  NOT involve anhedonia.

E  last more than 2 weeks.