Utmb Advanced Pathophysiology 5355 Exam 3 Modules 5 & 6 Questions With Complete Solutions

Serotonin {Ans: inhibitory, involved with mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal- insufficient linked to depression, involved in migraine headaches, Prozac and antidepressant drugs raise levels}Metabolic Syndrome {Ans: associated with central obesity, hypertension and elevated triglycerides eventually leading to Type II DM}Post Traumatic Stress Disorder {Ans: occurs after involvement or witnessing of an event that involved threatened death or serious injury to self or others that is repeatedly re-experienced}GABA {Ans: major inhibitory, undersupply linked to anxiety, seizures, tremors and insomnia}Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) System Dysregulation {Ans: HPA system dysregulation with excessive glucocorticoid secretion is found in a large percentage of people suffering from major depression.}Acetylcholine {Ans: excitatory or inhibitory, enables muscle action, learning, memory- involved in memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease}Increased levels of inhibin and estrogen cause {Ans: decreased production of GRNH, LH and FSH which later results in decreased estrogen and inhibin}Neurotransmitter Receptor Hypothesis linked to depression {Ans: A deficiency of monoamine neurotransmitters at neuronal synapses.}Partial seizure {Ans: a seizure that affects only one part or one side of the brain}Subarachnoid hemorrhage {Ans: Bleeding into the subarachnoid space, caused by trauma, aneurysm rupture presents as "worst headache of life". surgical emergency}Parkinson's Disease is