Explain why blockade of serotonin reuptake is a common drug strategy for the treatment of certain mental disorders
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Several mental disorders are related to reduced brain levels of serotonin (e.g., depression). Blockade of serotonin reuptake increases synaptic transmitter levels, which would be expected to ameliorate such disorders.
Psychology
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Babinski reflex Babcock reflex Let-down reflex Feeding-time reflex
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A) prenatal diagnostic methods. B) a family pedigree. C) gene therapy. D) carrier detectors.
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