Mrs. Watanabe is depressed. Her levels of serotonin and norepinephrine are quite low. What processes might account for this?
a. The amount of reserpine in her brain is deficient.
b. She was given cortisol when taking the dexamethasone suppression test.
c. She does not have enough of the enzyme monoamine oxidase.
d. There is excessive reuptake of various neurotransmitters in her brain.
Question 2
Nancy has anorexia nervosa, binge-eating/purging type. What is one complication from purging?
a. bone loss
b. irregular heart rate
c. low blood pressure
d. enlarged salivary glands
Pulse oximetry. The small device provides a digital readout of oxygen levels in the blood.
Levels of Prevention
Contribution of enthalpy and entropy to several favorable processes
The reaction of a PLP-dependent decarboxylation to yield serotonin
Levels of chromatin structure
Summary of the effects on transcription levels of different point mutations