Psychopharmacology Exam test preparation Questions and Must have marking scheme Updated version 2024/2025
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Psychopharmacology Exam test preparation Questions and Must have marking scheme Updated version 2024/2025
Enzyme inhibition - correct answer Reduction in liver enzyme activity associated with a specific drug.
Epidural - correct answer Method that involves administration of a drug into the cereb...
Psychopharmacology Exam test
preparation Questions and Must have
marking scheme Updated version
2024/2025
Enzyme inhibition - correct answer Reduction in liver enzyme activity associated with a
specific drug.
Epidural - correct answer Method that involves administration of a drug into the
cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the spinal cord.
Fenestrations - correct answer large pores in endothelial cells allowing rapid exchange
between blood vessels and tissue.
First-order kinetics - correct answer Term used to describe exponential elimination of
drugs from the bloodstream.
First-pass metabolism - correct answer Phenomenon in which the liver metabolizes
some of a drug before it can circulate through the body, particularly when the drug has
been taken orally.
Half-life - correct answer Time required to remove half of the drug from the blood. It is
referred to as t1/2.
Infusion pump - correct answer Drug delivery via an implanted pump (e.g.,
subcutaneous) that delivers regular, constant doses to the body or into the cerebral
ventricles.
Inhalation - correct answer Method that involves administration of a drug through the
lungs.
Intercellular clefts - correct answer Small gaps between adjacent cells.
, Intracerebroventricular - correct answer Method that involves administration of a drug
into the cerebrospinal fluid of the ventricles.
Intracranial - correct answer Method that involves administration of a drug into the
brain tissue.
Intramuscular - correct answer Method that involves administration of a drug into a
muscle.
Intransal administration - correct answer Topical administration of a drug to the nasal
mucosa.
Intraperitoneal - correct answer Injection technique that is the most common route of
administration for small laboratory animals. The drug is injected through the abdominal
wall into the peritoneal cavity—the space that surrounds the abdominal organs.
Intravenous - correct answer Method that involves administration of a drug directly into
the bloodstream by means of a vein.
Inverse agonist - correct answer Substance that activates a receptor but produces the
opposite effect of a typical agonist at that receptor.
Ionization - correct answer Process involving the dissociation of an electrically neutral
molecule into charged particles (ions).
Ligand - correct answer Molecule that selectively binds to a receptor.
Median eminence - correct answer Area in the hypothalamus that is not isolated from
chemicals in the blood and where hypothalamic-releasing hormones are secreted for
transport to the anterior pituitary gland.
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