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Clinical Neuro
Anxiety Disorders
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Biology
Graduate
01/10/2008

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When do Panic Disorders manifest
Definition
Late teens to mid 20s
Term
What is the most common anxiety disorder
Definition
phobias
Term
Anxiety and depression have ___% comorbidity
Definition
50
Term
Describe Panic attacks
Definition
Cardiac, trembling, shortness of breath, chocking, dizzy, lose control, fear of dying and will do anything to avoid one
Term
What would a GAD present?
Definition
Muscle tension, GI, pulmonary, unable to relax, initial insomnia (can't fall asleep), poor concentration
Term
Describe PTSD
Definition
Flashbacks, nightmares, "trigger" stimulii, unable to relax, intrusive thoughts, avoidance behaviors, dread
Term
What are some pharmacotherapy agents for treatment of anxiety
Definition
Benzodiazepines "Valium"
SSRI's
MAO inhibitors for phobias
Term
Which disorder has the strongest degree of familial aggregation?
Definition
Panic disorder
Term
do receptor genes like adrenergic play a role in anxiety disorders?
Definition
no
Term
Name some individual etiologies of anxiety
Definition
1. Genetic
2. Temperament
3. Autonomic reactivity
4. Neurobio factors
Term
What's maternal deprivation?
Definition
Take the baby rat away from the mother, return the rat and it gets over cleansed by the mother, this baby rate will be more stress resistant than other rats
Term
Anxiety involves 3 systems, what are they
Definition
1. CRH
2. Serotonin system
3. GABA system
Term
Which part of the limbic system is key in mediating human emotional state?
Definition
Amygdala
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What happens in the hippocampus in panic disorder? How about PTSD?
Definition
1. Increased Left Hippocampal Metabolism
2. Reduce Hippocampal Activation
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______ activity correlates w/ the inability to recall traumatic events in PTSD patients
Definition
Hippocampal
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