1/4 502 final - fall 22
Psychopharmacology Knowledge Quiz
Test your understanding of psychopharmacology with our engaging quiz designed for students and professionals in the field. This quiz covers vital topics, including antidepressants, neurotransmitter dynamics, and autonomic nervous system receptors.
Challenge yourself with questions that will assess your knowledge on:
- Antidepressants and their mechanisms
- Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
- Neurotransmitter fun
ctions - Autonomic nervous system receptors
1. A 55-year-old man was diagnosed as suffering from psychotic depression. His psychiatrist prescribed the antidepressant drug amoxapine. Which of the following mechanisms is responsible for the beneficial effects of amoxapine in treating psychotic depression?
It inhibits NET and D2 dopaminergic receptors
It inhibits DAT and 5-HT1A serotonergic receptors
It inhibits SERT and H1 histamine receptors
It inhibits SERT and M2 muscarinic receptors
2. Hypertensive crisis resulting from tyramine-containing food products is one of the life-threatening toxicities associated with this antidepressant:
Nefazodone
Mirtazapine
Escitalopram
Selegiline
3. Which of the following MAO inhibitors is a reversible inhibitor:
Phenelzine
Tranylcypromine
Isocarboxazid
Selegiline
4. Which of the following AChE inhibitors is used as an insecticide?
Physostigmine
Neostigmine
Sarin
Malathion
5. This agent is probably not suitable for treatment of patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease:
Donepezil
Rivastigmine
Galantamine
Diisoflurophosphate (DFP)
6. Symptoms of AChE inhibitor toxicity shares some similarities with symptoms of intoxication by muscarine.
True
False
7. What is the name of the neurotransmitter used by both sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic neurons?
Dopamine
Serotonin
Norepinephrine
Acetylcholine
8. Which one of the following is NOT an autonomic nervous system (ANS) receptor type?
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs)
Alpha adrenergic receptors (α ARs)
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (M AChRs)
N-methyl d-aspartate glutamate receptors (NMDARs)
9. What is the name of the neurotransmitter used by postganglionic sympathetic neurons innervating sweat glands?
Dopamine
Acetylcholine
Serotonin
Norepinephrine
10. Which of the following is an autonomic nervous system (ANS) receptor?
5HT3
Glycine receptor
GABAA receptor
NAChR
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