PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Donepezil, Sigmund Freud, Tranylcypromine
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Psyb32 lecture 2: current paradigms & integrative approaches. Paradigm: conceptual framework or approach within which a scientist works. Phenotype the constellation of symptoms of a disease (ex. Alzheimer"s), observable and measureable: family method: predicting the possibility of getting a disorder/phenotype that a family member has had, twin method. Dizygotic (dz) twins: adoptees method focus on the influence of the environment, interplay between genes and the environment. Two important key terms: neurotransmission http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=hanoq8ubsyc, reuptake http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=lt3vkar4roo. Left side speech, if impaired, depressive disorders: temporal lobes. Left side verbal comprehension, understanding: parietal lobes. Subcortical structures: important for motor skills and movement. Alprazolam (xanax); clonazepam (klonopin); diazepam (valium); lorazepam (ativan) Antidepressants depression: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssris) Psycho-stimulants brain injuries, cognitive disorders, adhd, etc: amphetamines. Structure of the mind: id pleasure principle (primary process thinking, ego reality principle (secondary thinking, superego conscious; provides the moral standards by which the ego operates. Repression not bringing the cause of our stress/pain/anxiety into our conscious.
