Exam 4R

A  pituitary.

B  sweat glands.

C  adrenal medulla.

D  anterior pituitary.

E  adrenal cortex.

A  bipolar

B  schizophrenia spectrum

C  anxiety

D  depressive

E  phobic

A  their own substantia nigra

B  their own striatal

C  fetal substantia nigra

D  adrenal cortex

E  fetal adrenal medulla

A  John Money

B  sexual dimorphism

C  anabolic steroids

D  Kluver-Bucy syndrome

E  estrous cycle

A  requested mastectomy and phalloplasty.

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

C  all of these

D  refused to wear a bra.

E  acted like a male from an early age.

A  all of these

B  a selective decline in memory.

C  changes in personality.

D  seizures.

E  disturbances of attention.

A  neurobehavioral

B  neurochemical

C  psychiatric

D  degenerative

E  neuropsychological

A  treatments that improve depression increase BDNF.

B  women have twice as much as men.

C  BDNF is localized in the prefrontal lobes.

D  it plays an important role in mental health.

E  regeneration is not possible without it.

A  internalized testes.

B  breasts.

C  little public hair.

D  all of these

E  shallow vaginas.

A  the penis.

B  ovaries.

C  a Müllerian system.

D  testes.

E  a Wolffian system.

A  greater for males than for females.

B  more than for dizygotic twins.

C  greater among cocaine users.

D  much more than 50%.

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

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

E  occurs automatically unless testosterone is present.

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 agonists.

D  most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine antagonists.

A  neurotransmitters; brain

B  glutamate; brain

C  blood; heart

D  blood; brain

E  air; body

A  hallucinations

B  all of these

C  delusions

D  inappropriate affect

E  incoherent speech or thought

A  render them potent.

B  increase their sex drive.

C  enable them to achieve an erection.

D  increase their muscularity.

E  eliminate their sterility.

A  D2 receptors.

B  D1 receptors.

C  autoreceptors.

D  glutamate receptors.

E  dopamine.

A  severe dementia.

B  all of these

C  jerky, writhing movements of entire limbs.

D  increased fidgetiness.

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

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  scientists recover more than doctors.

A  the female sex ducts.

B  ovaries.

C  the Wolffian system.

D  the frenulum.

E  testes.

A  under direct genetic control.

B  under environmental control.

C  from different tissue.

D  from the same bipotential tissue.

E  under estrogenic control.

A  closed-head injuries of sudden onset.

B  cancerous brain tumors of sudden onset.

C  cerebral attacks.

D  brain infarcts.

E  cerebrovascular disorders 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  none of these

B  all 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  NOT involve anhedonia.

B  be triggered by an obvious traumatic event.

C  involve a suicide attempt.

D  last more than 2 weeks.

E  last less than 2 weeks.