Explain how psychoactive drugs work in the brain and explain why each drug has important side effects
What will be an ideal response?
Psychoactive drugs generally interact with neuron-signaling pathways. Such drugs can increase the release of transmitter molecules into the cleft or can block transmitter reuptake (both of which will increase the synaptic transmitter level). A second mechanism involves the drug directly activating/inactivating postsynaptic receptors. Because a single transmitter may be used in multiple brain pathways, a drug that passes throughout the brain may generate multiple behavioral effects.
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A) examined perceptions of fairness related to the Procedural Justice Model in Western Countries B) examined perceptions of fairness related to the Procedural Justice Model in a non-Western Country C) examined traffic accident causes and the procedures police use in Western countries D) examined traffic accident causes and the procedures police use in non-Western countries