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.
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including Abby's mother could overcome their phobias. What will be an ideal response?
How many years less (on average) is the life expectancy for 65-year-old African Americans than for 65-year-old European Americans?
3 5 8 11
The conscious refers to those ideas and sensations of which we are unaware
Indicate whether the statement is true or false