Nr546 Psychopharm Midterm 2023.docx

Which of the following is an excitatory neurotransmitter? {Ans: glutamate}responsible for proprioception, is the home of the somatic senses. This part of the brain helps a person to identify spatial relationships, interpret pain and touch in the body, and identify and give meaning to objects {Ans: Parietal Lobe (Middle Brain)}Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following? {Ans: speech comprehension}What system influences the length of time for a drug to achieve efficacy? {Ans: signal transduction cascades}This is involved in complex motor actions and linkage of cognition to motor actions. It is the main input area for the basal ganglia and is activated when anticipating or engaging in pleasure {Ans: Dorsal striatum}The middle part of the brain, responsible for proprioception, is the home of the somatic senses. This part of the brain helps a person to identify spatial relationships, interpret pain and touch in the body, and identify and give meaning to objects. Damage to the anterior portion of this lobe may cause asterogenesis, the loss of ability to recognize objects via the sense of touch. This may be experienced by patients with post cerebral vascular accidents. {Ans: parietal lobe}