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ANCC PMHNP Exam Prep (Latest 2023 - 2024) New Full Exam Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct

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1. mesocortical pathway Answer: executive function: attention, focus, depression 2. nigrostriatal pathway Answer: from substantia nigra (brainstem) to striatum (muscles):Parkinson's 3. mesolimbic ... pathway Answer: projects to nucleus accumbens (part of limbic system).Pleasure, reward, positive symptoms of schizophrenia: Addiction, gambling 4. Tuberoinfundibular pathway Answer: regulation of prolactin (acts on pituitary). Hyper-sexuality in mania 5. Dopamine Answer: produced in substania nigra andVTA.D2 & D4 receptors most impor-tant. Elevated in the mesolimbic pathway associated with pleasure and psychosis. Antispychotics block dopamine. travels through mesocoritcal, mesolimbic, nigrostriatal, and tuberinfundibular pathways 6. Serotonin Answer: 5-HT. produced in raphe nucleus. emotion, impulses, dreams. 5HT2A receptors = atypical antipsychotics. 7. Norepinephrine Answer: produced in locus coeruleus. arousal and vigilance 8. GABA Answer: inhibitory. produces calm in conjunction with benzodiazepines. 9. ACTH Answer: motor control, learning, memory, sleep, and dreams. Helps with balance. Decrease in Alzheimer's disease 10. hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis(HPA) Answer: CRH, ACTH, then cortisol.Worsens with stress and depression 11. hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) Answer: TRH, TSH, T4. Hypothyroid causesdepression, weight gain, slow metabolism. Hyperthyroid is opposite. [Show More]

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