Neurobiology of Addiction — MCQs

A 55-year-old drug addict from California presents with euphoria, altered time perception, and conjunctival injection, along with impairment of judgment. The most likely cause of this is addiction to which substance?

A person presents to the outpatient department with tremors and visual hallucinations after a 2-day history of alcohol cessation. What is the diagnosis?

Tolerance to substances is seen in which of the following?

Match the following: A) Glossopharyngeal nerve B) Spinal accessory nerve C) Facial nerve D) Mandibular nerve 1) Shrugging of shoulder 2) Touch sensation from the posterior one-third of the tongue 3) Chewing 4) Taste from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue

Stimulation of which of the following areas of brain is experimentally used to control intractable pain -

Delusion of persecution and formication occur together in

Which of the following is the primary neurotransmitter involved in the transmission of pain signals in the spinal cord?

Which is NOT a common symptom of opioid withdrawal?

Which of the following develop first during dependence of a substance ?

In chronic alcoholism and its complications, which of the following is seen?