A disease believed to be caused because of cell death in a brain area that produces dopamine:

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1. A disease believed to be caused because of cell death in a brain area that produces dopamine:

   A. Alzheimer’s disease
   B. Drug abuse
   C. Epilepsy
   D. Parkinson’s disease

2. Research on neural grafting techniques to transplant dopamine cell bodies indicate that:

   A. We cannot repair damaged brains
   B. We can repair some damaged brains
   C. We can prevent brain damage
   D. We can prevent Parkinson’s disease

3. Behavioral problems caused by senility, drug damage, brain injury or disease, and the toxic effects of poisons are classified as_____disorders.

   A. organic
   B. psychotic
   C. somatic
   D. substance use

4. The capacity of the brain area to take over the function of another damaged brain area is known as brain _______________?

   A. regeneration
   B. accommodation
   C. aphasia
   D. plasticity

5. The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain:

   A. tomography
   B. hemispherectomy
   C. phrenology
   D. plasticity

6. The dopamine-psychosis link is based on the observation that:

   A. low dopamine levels of activity in the brain seem to produce psychotic symptoms
   B. there are high level of dopamine activity in the brains of psychotic people
   C. there are high levels of amphetamine activity in the brains of psychotic people
   D. dopamine interacts with serotonin creating psychosis

7. Alterations in activity at dopamine synapses have been implicated in the development of:

   A. anxiety
   B. schizophrenia
   C. Alzheimer’s disease
   D. nicotine addiction

8. Acetylcholine, epinephrine, dopamine, and histamine are:

   A. prescription-only drugs
   B. synapses
   C. neurotransmitters
   D. beta blockers

9. A psychosis arising from an advanced stage of syphilis, in which the disease attacks brain cells, is called:

   A. Korsakoff syndrome
   B. delirium tremens
   C. schizotypical psychosis
   D. general paresis

10. AD/HD is thought to be at least partly caused by an imbalanced of two neurotransmitters in the brain. One his norepinephrine (also known as noradrenaline), what is the other?

    A. Dopamine
    B. Acetylcholine
    C. Epinephrine
    D. Glutamate