Question

Study guide for Psychopharmacology

AMPA receptors

Bipolar disorder versus major depressive disorders

Constitutive activity

Effects of alpha-2 ant/agonists

EPS and tardive dyskinesia

Excitation-secretion coupling

Interactions at the CYP450 level

Ligand-gated ion channels

Mechanism of action of antipsychotics

Medical management of patients taking antipsychotics

Neuroanatomical loci of mood symptoms

Neuroanatomical loci of psychotic symptoms

Neurobiology of mood disorders

Relationships of monoamines in brain regions

Residual symptoms of depressive disorders

Retrograde neurotransmission

Strategies for the use of MAOIs

Suicidal risk ratios for antidepressant use

Symptom dimensions of schizophrenia

Transcription factors

Use of I-methyfolate

Voltage-sensitive ion channels

Volume neurotransmission

Answer 1

Ans-AMPA receptors-It is an ionotropic transmembrane receptors for glutamate that mediates fast synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. AMPA glutamate receptor trafficking is important in synaptic plasticity and might play crucial role in maintaining critical neuronal circuits associated with mood.

Bipolar disorder sometimes called manic depression. In this, symtomps like extreme mood swings happen and also have experience depression. It can be severly depressed for hours, days, weeks and even months.And sometimes it also possible to have type of bipolar disorder in which may have both manic and depressive symptoms at the same time.

Major depressive sisorder is a feeling low .Feelings of sadness when someone experienced persistant and intense feelings that extended for more period of time. In this, person might feel hopeless, loneliness, worthless and restless andsleep disorder, changes in appetide sometimes it leads to suidcidal thoughts.