Test Bank For Prescriber's Guide Stahl's Essential
Psychopharmacology 7th Edition by Stephen M. Stahl
9781108926010 Complete Guide.
Net agonist - ANSWER When full agonist is absent, partial agonist acts as a...
Neurons - ANSWER Specialized nerve cells in the CNS
Dendrites - ANSWER Tree-like branching that extends from the cell body that
forms chemical communication with axons, soma, and other dendrites; also contain
dendritic spines
Axon - ANSWER Tail-like structure that extends from the cell body that is
responsible for electrical and chemical neurotransmission
Synapse - ANSWER Chemical transmission between neurons
Presynaptic - ANSWER Anterograde chemical transmission
Postsynaptic - ANSWER Retrograde chemical transmission
Synaptic cleft - ANSWER The point of chemical transmission between neurons
Axodendritic - ANSWER Chemical communication between the axon and dendrites
Axosomatic - ANSWER Chemical communication between the axon and cell body
Axoaxonic - ANSWER Chemical communication between the axons of two
neurons
Net antagonist - ANSWER In the presence of a full antagonist, a partial agonist
acts as a...
Electrical communication - ANSWER Can be communication within a neuron
Chemical communication - ANSWER Communication between neurons
Excitation-secretion coupling - ANSWER The first stage of chemical
neurotransmission from the presynaptic axon terminal to the postsynaptic neuron;
process by which electrical impulses in the presynaptic neuron is converted into a
chemical signal at the synapse; the way the neuron transducer an electrical stimulus
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