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What are the four procedures most commonly used in psychosurgery?
 
  A) Anterior cingulotomy, subcaudate gangliotomy, limbic nuclectomy, and anterior capsulotomy
  B) Anterior gangliotomy, subcaudate nuclectomy, anterior leucotomy, and subcaudate cerebellarotomy
  C) Subcaudate gangliotomy, anterior nuclectomy, limbic leucotomy, and anterior cerebellarotomy
  D) Anterior cingulotomy, subcaudate tractotomy, limbic leucotomy, and anterior capsulotomy

Question 2

A nurse is teaching a middle-aged woman about the rationale and physiological basis for light therapy. The nurse should describe the effects that this therapy has on levels of:
 
  A) Dopamine and epinephrine
  B) Catecholamines and insulin
  C) Melatonin and serotonin
  D) Dopamine and insulin



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
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Four procedures are most commonly used and regarded as the safest and most effective: (1) anterior cingulotomy, (2) subcaudate tractotomy, (3) limbic leucotomy, and (4) anterior capsulotomy.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
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Levels of melatonin and serotonin depend on the exposure of the pineal gland to sunlight. Light therapy thus alters the levels of these two substances.





 

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