Psychoactive Drugs, Sleep and Other

When a person is suffering from severe pain, the type of drug that will best help alleviate that pain is

An opiate

The painful experience associated with termination of the use of an addictive substance is known as

Withdrawl

Which of the following will NOT increase behavioral and mental activity?

Barbiturates

Which of the following parts of the brain is most active in decision-making?

Cerebral Cortex

Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as which of the following drugs?

Cocaine

Which of the following psychoactive drugs increases nervous system activity?

Cocaine

Brain lateralization refers to the

Cognitive processes specialized to one hemisphere of the brain or the other

Which is associated with communication between the central nervous system and the endocrine system?

Hypothalamus

Bo has an overpowering urge to fall asleep while standing medically prescribed amphetamines. What's he being treated for

Narcolepsy

During the night Alicia stops breathing repeatedly, gasps for air, and snores loudly at regular intervals, she has

Sleep Apnea

Which of the following would most likely result from an injury to the medulla?

disruption of heartbeat and breathing