Excess serotonin and dopamine levels are found in schizophrenia.  How is this neurotransmitter (or neuromodulator in this case) classified?

MS is a demyelinating disease of which type of neurons?

A 55 year old male presents to his primary care physician with a complaint of fasciculations of his right calf and weakness. In gathering a history, he also notes that his pool game has been going downhill recently. He is not able to grip his pool cue well enough to break well. Physical exam reveals motor weakness in all extremities, as well as a positive Hoffmann’s sign on the right. What is the most likely diagnosis?

If calcium is not available to a neuron, which process would be stopped first?

Which neurotransmitter can be biochemically manipulated into other catecholamines?

Although abuse of prescription medications is growing, opioids are being prescribed in increasing numbers to which segments of the population?

Other forms of intervention will not be useful if the drug is still in the substance abuser’s body.

Heterosexual contact accounts for fewer than 10 percent of HIV infections.

When a woman is sexually assaulted in the military, she might be diagnosed with a personality disorder for failing to adjust adequately to the assault.

Laws sanctioning wife beating existed as late as the 1860s.