Exam 4R

A  pituitary.

B  anterior pituitary.

C  sweat glands.

D  adrenal medulla.

E  adrenal cortex.

A  depressive

B  bipolar

C  anxiety

D  schizophrenia spectrum

E  phobic

A  their own striatal

B  fetal substantia nigra

C  their own substantia nigra

D  adrenal cortex

E  fetal adrenal medulla

A  estrous cycle

B  Kluver-Bucy syndrome

C  anabolic steroids

D  John Money

E  sexual dimorphism

A  acted like a male from an early age.

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

C  all of these

D  requested mastectomy and phalloplasty.

E  refused to wear a bra.

A  disturbances of attention.

B  all of these

C  changes in personality.

D  a selective decline in memory.

E  seizures.

A  neuropsychological

B  degenerative

C  psychiatric

D  neurobehavioral

E  neurochemical

A  BDNF is localized in the prefrontal lobes.

B  it plays an important role in mental health.

C  regeneration is not possible without it.

D  treatments that improve depression increase BDNF.

E  women have twice as much as men.

A  all of these

B  internalized testes.

C  shallow vaginas.

D  breasts.

E  little public hair.

A  testes.

B  the penis.

C  a Müllerian system.

D  ovaries.

E  a Wolffian system.

A  much more than 50%.

B  much less than 100%.

C  greater among cocaine users.

D  greater for males than for females.

E  more than for dizygotic twins.

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

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

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

D  occurs automatically unless testosterone is present.

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

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  neurotransmitters; brain

C  air; body

D  blood; heart

E  glutamate; brain

A  all of these

B  inappropriate affect

C  incoherent speech or thought

D  delusions

E  hallucinations

A  render them potent.

B  enable them to achieve an erection.

C  increase their sex drive.

D  increase their muscularity.

E  eliminate their sterility.

A  autoreceptors.

B  dopamine.

C  D1 receptors.

D  D2 receptors.

E  glutamate receptors.

A  jerky, writhing movements of entire limbs.

B  severe dementia.

C  all of these

D  increased fidgetiness.

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

B  doctors recover more than scientists.

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  ovaries.

B  testes.

C  the frenulum.

D  the female sex ducts.

E  the Wolffian system.

A  under environmental control.

B  from the same bipotential tissue.

C  under estrogenic control.

D  from different tissue.

E  under direct genetic control.

A  brain infarcts.

B  cancerous brain tumors of sudden onset.

C  cerebral attacks.

D  closed-head injuries of sudden onset.

E  cerebrovascular disorders of sudden onset.

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

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

C  is most common in very warm climates.

D  all of these

E  is usually the result of a dominant gene.

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  involve a suicide attempt.

C  be triggered by an obvious traumatic event.

D  last less than 2 weeks.

E  NOT involve anhedonia.