MCQ Bank
Preoptic area in the anterior ______________ is the master control in both heating and cooling mechanisms.
- A) Cerebrum
- B) Hypothalamus
- C) Temporal Lobe
- D) Cerebral cortex
Which of the following system sends out nerve fibers to the forebrain areas such as frontal cortical area, the cingulated cortex, the amygdale and the septum, and it is involved with the limbic system (emotional system)?
- A) Tuberoinfundibular system
- B) Tyrosine hydroxylase
- C) Mesolimbic system
- D) Nigrostriatal DA system
Which of the following antidepressant when injected into the brain leads to depression like syndrome and it has been used for treating mental illness in the Indian subcontinent since ages?
- A) Cocaine
- B) Alcohol
- C) Heroin
- D) Reserpine
Which of the following is largest and longest bundle of fibers of neurons containing Dopamine?
- A) Nigrostriatal DA system
- B) Nigrostriatal DA system
- C) Mesolimbic system
- D) Tuberoinfundibular system
What happen if Noradrenaline (NA) is administered directly in Lateral Hypothalamus in animals?
- A) Hyperactivity
- B) Decrease eating
- C) No effect of eating
- D) Increased Eating
The ____________ receptors are known as the cholinergic receptors.
- A) ATH
- B) ACH
- C) ATC
- D) AHT
Mechanism of evaporation is related to:
- A) Energy consumption
- B) Heat production
- C) Heat regulation
- D) Heat loss
The precursor for ___________ is trytophan which varies according to the daily intake of the tyrtophan rich foods (milk, red meat, fruits such as bananas pineapples etc.).
- A) Acetylcholine
- B) Phentolamine
- C) Paratyrosine
- D) 5HT
Which of the following sensors are involved in somatosensory systems in sending temperature information to the receptors in the brain ?
- A) Skin
- B) Temporal receptors
- C) Papilla
- D) Taste receptors
Which of the following is also known as 5 hydroxytrytamine or 5HT?
- A) Indolamine
- B) Monoamine Oxidase
- C) Catecholamine
- D) Reserpine
Reduced level of nigrostriatal DA leads to parkinson’s disease and increased level leads to ___________ symtoms.
- A) Anxiety
- B) Obsessive
- C) Depression
- D) Schizophrenic
The acronym of electroencepaholographic recordings is:
- A) ECG
- B) EPG
- C) EEG
- D) ETG
Which of the following system is also known as the hypothlamic–hypophyseal connection?
- A) Tyrosine hydroxylase
- B) Nigrostriatal DA system
- C) Tuberoinfundibular system
- D) Mesolimbic system
Which of the following system originates from hypothalamus and plays a role in the hormonal controls and modulations?
- A) Mesolimbic system
- B) Nigrostriatal DA system
- C) Tuberoinfundibular system
- D) Tyrosine hydroxylase
The important feature of Alzheimer disease is:
- A) Aggressive behavior
- B) Loss of appetite
- C) Loss of memory
- D) Lack of motor control
If calcium is reduced in the extra cellular space then the amount of NT is also reduced, and if the calcium is increased the amount of NT is also increased. This release is identified to occur through a process called:
- A) Engrocytosis
- B) Meiosis
- C) Exocytosis
- D) Mietosis
If alpha methyl paratyrosine is injected, the amounts of ____________ is reduced. This injection also blocks the self stimulation response in animals which were stimulating before the injection of AMPT.
- A) Acetylcholine
- B) Paratyrosine
- C) Paratyrosine
- D) Tyrosine
Which of the following receptors are found in greater numbers in the heart and cerebral cortex and are epinephrine and NE potent agonists?
- A) A1
- B) B1
- C) B2
- D) A2
Positive Reinforcement or “reward” is linked with:
- A) Mitosis
- B) Agonists
- C) Antagonists
- D) Noradrenaline (NA)
According to ______________ temperature regulatory behavior is prioritized, purposive, persistent and has periodicity.
- A) Sperling
- B) Feldman
- C) Mogensen
- D) Comer