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WorksheetsNeurotransmitters and schizophrenia
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which drug was discovered to have an anti-psychotic effect in the 1950s?
a)
haloperidol
b)
clozapine
c)
chlorpromazine
d)
risperidone
2.
Hyperdopaminergia means
a)
high levels of dopamine
b)
low levels of dopamine
3.
What are the side effects of chlorpromazine?
a)
muscle ridgidity
b)
weight loss
c)
headaches
d)
blood poisoning
4.
Low levels beta hydroxylase could cause
a)
high levels of dopamine
b)
low levels of dopamine
5.
What is the cause of Parkinson's Disease?
a)
high levels of dopmaine
b)
low levels of dopamine
6.
Which type of dopamine receptors seems to be most involved with schizophrenic symptoms?
a)
D1
b)
D2
c)
D3
d)
D4
7.
Low levels of dopamine in which pathway are associated with negative symptoms of schizophrenia
a)
meso-cortical pathway
b)
meso-limbic pathway
8.
High levels of dopamine in which pathway are associate with positive symptoms?
a)
mesolimbic
b)
mesocortical
9.
Hypodopaminergia means
a)
high levels of dopamine
b)
low levels of dopamine
10.
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia include
a)
flat affect and mutism
b)
delusions and hallucinations
11.
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include
a)
hallucinations and delusions
b)
alogia and avolition
12.
Which neurotransmitters has not been linked to schizophrenia?
a)
GABA
b)
glutamate
c)
serotonin
d)
acetylcholine
13.
Which type of receptors does clozapine not block very effectively?
a)
serotonin receptors
b)
D1s
c)
D2s
d)
D4s
14.
Some people think negative symptoms might be linked to high levels of
a)
serotonin
b)
dopamine
c)
acetylcholine
15.
Oliver Howes and Shitij Kapur (2009) think research should look at...
a)
the enzyme that breaks down dopmaine
b)
D2 receptors
c)
the presynaptic cell
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