NEUR 3306 Study Guide - Final Guide: Palliative Care, Habituation, Clinical Urine Tests
10 Apr 2017
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Final exam (50%)- lectures 9-21 and readings- ms, def, sa, la. Brief pharmacokinetics (how drug interacts with body)- absorption, metabolism. Pharmacodynamics (how body interacts with drug); mechanism of action (binding) Chronic effects of drug on key neural systems (vta, nucleus accumbens, extended amygdala, pfc) Patterns of alcohol use: drink large amounts daily- plan days around drinking, occasional, recreational drinking. Sober during weekdays, drink heavily during evenings or weekends. Binge drinking: 5 or more drinks within 2 hours of each other. College/ university drinking about 80% of students surveyed drank in past year. Binge drinking associated with trait impulsivity (motor) and altered cognitive function. 20% absorbed from stomach affected by: presence of food; slows absorption volume and concentration of dose. Alcohol is an irritant to the stomach that leads to increasing flow of hydrochloric acid and pepsin (key enzymes that break down food: alcohol metabolism: complex, involves a few different enzymes in liver (primarily)
