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Pharm - Chap 11
Nervous System Medications
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adrenergic | Relating to nerve fibers that release norepinephrine or epinephrine at the synapses |
| Aura | A subject, but recognizable sensation that procedes and signals the onset of a convulsion or migraine headache |
| Autonomic | Self-controling, functioning independently |
| Cholinergic | Agent that produces the effect of acetylcholine |
| Contraindications | Symptoms or circumstances that make treatment with a drug or device unsafe or inappropriate |
| Delusion | False belief brought about without appropriate external stimulation and inconsistent with the individuals own knowledge and experience |
| Dementia | A progressive, irreverible decline in mental function, marked by memory impairment and, often, deficits in reasoning, judgment, abstract thought, registration, comprehension, learning, task excution and use of language |
| Depression | Mood disorder marked by loss of interest or pleasure in living |
| EEG | Electrocardiogram |
| GABA | Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid |
| Hallucination | Flase perception having no relation to reality and not accounted for by an exterior stimulus |
| Hydantoins | Colorless bases; glycolyl urea; derived from urea and allantoin |
| Mania | Mental disorder characterized by excessive excitment |
| MAO Inhibitors | Medication that affects the action of monoamine oxidase at the synapse; used to treat depression and Parkinson's |
| Migraine Headache | Familiar disorder marked by periodic; usually unilateral,pulsatile headaches, that begin during childhood or early adult life and tend to recur with diminishing frequency in later life |
| Neurotransmitters | Substance released when the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron is excited and acts by inibiting or exciting a target cell |
| Paranoia | Condition in which patients show persistent persecutory delusions or delusional jealousy |
| Parasympathetic | Of or pertaining to the crainosacral division of the autonomic nervous system |
| Peripheral | Located at, or pertaining to,the periphery; occuring away from the center |
| Psychotropic | affecting the mind, emotions or behaviors |
| Somatic | Pertaining to the body |
| SSRIs | Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; drugs used to treat depression related to low amounts of the neurotransmitter serotonin |
| Status Epilepticus | Continuous seizure activity without a pause |
| Succinimides | Class of antiseizure drugs that delay calcium moving over the neurons |
| Sympathetic | Division of autonomic nervous system that produces a general rather than a specific |
| Synapse | Space between the junction of two neurons |
| Tension Headache | Head pain that feels like pressure on the skull |
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