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| is the major highway that relates the left brain to the right brain and vice versa. |
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Language production
Language comprehension
Control of right body |
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Nonverbal Cognitions
Musical Abilities
Control of left body |
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Highlight certain aspects of lateralization of function.
Split-brain patients will (verbally) deny (visually) seeing anything on their left visual field. |
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| Speech production. Grammar is a left-brain specialty. |
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| Result of Right Hemisphere Damage |
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Speak in a monotone voice
Difficulty in understanding other's nonverbal
Difficulty understanding metaphor, simile and sarcasm |
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| Damage to right hemisphere and rely on the left hemisphere |
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| More approachful, outgoing,happier, more fun-loving |
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| Damage to the left hemisphere will rely on the right hemisphere |
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| Tend to be more avoidance, withdrawn, more negative emotions, higher incidence of MDD |
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"time givers"
Function to reset our internal clocks
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| Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) |
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| The part of the hypothalamus that receive information from the retina DIRECTLY |
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Causes disruption of the biological clock
Eliminates synchronization of biorhythms to zeitgebers |
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Released by the pineal gland
Derivative and serotonin |
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Characteristic of relaxed wakefullness
High frequency and moderate amplitude waves |
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| Sleep Stages Characteristics |
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Overall frequency decreases
High amplitude |
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High levels of brain activity but paralyzed skeletal muscles.
Irregular, low amplitude waves |
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| Pons-Geniculate-Occiptal Waves (PGOs) |
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| Following sleep deprivation, PGOs occur in stages 2, 3, 4 and wakefulness |
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Oral
Injection
Inhalation
Mucous Membrane
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| Occurs when a larger dose is required to produce the same effect as the original dose; body has adjusted to the presence of the drug |
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| Occurs when one drug produces tolerance to another drug |
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| Are always the OPPOSITE of the acute drug effects |
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Reuptake
Enzymatic Degradation |
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| Reuptake versus Enzymatic Degradation |
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When the drug is released from the synaptic cell
When the NT is released to the synapse and enzymes come in and deactivates it |
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| how much motivation there is for a person to take a drug (incentive) and craving increases over the course of the cycle (sensitization) |
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| Because you want to feel good |
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| Physical Dependence Model |
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| Because you don't want to keep feeling bad |
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| High levels of cortisol effects |
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| Prolonged period of this could negatively effect the brain; cause hippocampus to shrink; cause amygdale to expand |
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| Cognitive Style Characteristic of MDD |
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Negative Rumination
Beck's Triad |
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Negative View of Self
Negative View of The World
Negative View of The Future |
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| Behavioral Characteristics of MDD |
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| Changes in eating and sleeping habits |
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| Neurophysiological Changes in MDD |
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Hippocampus shrinkage and desensitization
Amygdala Hypertrophy and Sensitization
Elevated levels of Cortisol |
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| Body weight effect on MDD |
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| 5% in body weight in a month |
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| Major Depressive Episode Consists of |
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Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day
Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day |
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| NE and DA; a therapy that stimulates monoamine activity should help depression; SSRIs drugs like Prozac |
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| Promotes the production and release of trophic factors (neurotrophins) or BDNF |
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| Produces both positive and experiences. |
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Perceive something in the absence of a physical stimulus.
Auditory hallucinations is MOST COMMON |
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correlated to schizophrenics inablitity to activate the DL-PFC and tends to look more at negative side of schizophrenia
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Associated with positive symptoms.
too much would create over activity of limbic systems; use of this antagonist are drugs for psychotic disorders |
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