A drug that reduced the firing rate of mesolimbic dopamine neurons for a patient with schizophrenia would likely…

a. reduce positive symptoms.
b. have no effects.
c. worsen symptoms.
d. counteract the effects of antipsychotic drugs.


Ans: A

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