Reference no: EM133877227
Pharmacology in Sports
Questions and Chapter Slides.
Chapter 9:
1. Understand how antipsychotic drugs work.
2. Understand side e?ects of antipsychotic drugs.
3. List and understanding inhibitory neurotransmitters in the brain.
4. Describe how antidepressant drugs work.
5. How does exercise a?ect BDNF levels? What relation does this have to antidepressant drugs?
6. Understand how antipsychotics and antidepressants are used to treat mental illness.
7. Understand these terms:
- Neurogenesis:
- Neuroplasticity:
- Psychosis:
Chapter 10:
1. What is a desirable level of total cholesterol in the blood? What is the atherogenic triad?
2. How do statins primarily work?
3. Understand the pharmacokinetics of lipid-modifying agents.
4. What does an increase in lipoprotein lipase activity result in during exercise?
5. What is used as a good indicator of muscle cell damage in a blood test?6. How does exercise alter blood lipid profile?
Chapter 11:
1. Define the di?erent types of pain:
- Inflammatory pain:
- Neuropathic pain:
- Dysfunctional pain:
- Nociceptive pain:
- Pathological pain:
2. How do opioids work? How do they alleviate pain?
3. How does Tylenol work? Can it be overdosed?
4. What are eicosanoids derived from?
5. Can NSAIDS act as an ergogenic aid in competition? Do they interfere with the normal process associated with muscle cell adaptation?
6. Endorphins are molecules that have acuity similar to _______.
Chapter 12:
1. What is the combined percentage of the U.S. population that is overweight and obsess based on BMI?
2. How does the pancreas respond to low glucose levels?
3. What happens in response to elevated blood glucose levels in type-1 diabetics?
4. Describe type- 2 diabetes and how insulin works in this situation?
5. Visceral fat accumulation correlates with...?
6. Define hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia.7. Describe diabetic ketoacidosis. What happens in this process?
8. Understand insulin and the WADA banned substance list.
9. What process terminates food consumption?
10. Define dyslipidemia.