Effects of Opioids on the Human Brain - Part 2 with Dr. Leila Jabour Quiz

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* 1. Please input your personal details below.

First Name

Last Name

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* 2. True or False: Opioids depress the respiratory center of the brain.

True

False

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* 3. True or False: The three regions within the reward circuit of the brain that Dr. Jabour focused her research on were the nucleus accumbens, amygdala and the hippocampus.

True

False

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* 4. A person is dependent on a drug when:

They function abnormally in the presence of the drug.

They only function normally in the presence of the drug.

They need a lower dose to achieve the same effect.

They need a higher dose to achieve the same effect

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* 5. In a 2016 study, NH was ranked what in the nation for drug overdose deaths per 100,000?

First

Second

Fifth

Tenth

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* 6. What alters the expression of its target genes, leading to a state of addiction.

D-Fos

JUNB

C-jun

Delta-FosB

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* 7. True or False: The hippocampus causes signs of withdrawal in subjects with either acute or chronic opioid exposure.

True

False

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* 8. With chronic drug use the hippocampus can cause:

Inhibition of neurogenesis

Development of drug seeking behavior

Memory retention, information process and problem-solving impairment.

All of the above

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* 9. Tolerance to the analgesic effects of morphine develops in the:

Thalamus and spinal cord

Frontal cortex and pre-frontal cortex

Thalamus and temporal lobe

Spinal cord and cerebellum

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* 10. Delta-FosB can be found in human brains that use opioids and human brains that do not use opioids.

True

False

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* 11. Post-Acute withdrawal syndrome symptoms can persist for:

Weeks

Months

Years

All of the above