Final Exam: NU643 / NU 643 (Latest
Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Psychopharmacology | Guide Questions and Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct - Regis
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Inverse agonist binding
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Cause inactivation of signal transduction
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A neurotransmitter binds to a receptor
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Causing electrical impulses to travel the neuron's axon; it eventually releases the neurotransmitter and repeats the process with a postsynaptic neuron, classical synaptic neurotransmission
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True of pharmacokinetics’
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Accumulation of psychotropic drugs occurs faster in the brain than adipose tissue
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CYP450 TABLE
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Inhibitors and substrates INCREASE effectiveness of drug metabolized inducers DECREASE effectiveness
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Two main targets of signal transduction
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Gene expression and phosphoproteins
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Antagonist binding to receptor
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Unchanged signal transduction 2 / 4
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First pass effect
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Metabolism of the drug in the liver, prior to reaching systemic circulation
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Partial agonist binding to receptor
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Signal transduction is partially enhanced
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Phase 1 metabolism
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CYP450 enzyme activity
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Phase 2 metabolism
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Conjugation of drug
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G-linked proteins
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Bind enzymes that synthesize second messenger
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Enzyme inhibition as a target of drug therapies
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A means of preventing the degradation of neurotransmitters
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Ligand-gated ion channel
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Allosteric modulators can enhance or inhibit ion channels when in the presence of neurotransmitter
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Agonist binding to receptor
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Singal transduction is fully enhanced antagonist, in the presence of an agonist, can return a channel to resting state
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