A nursing instructor is educating a class on the pharmacodynamics of psychiatric medications. The instructor determines that additional education is needed when the students identify which of the following as a site of action?
A) Receptor
B) Ion channels
C) Neurotransmitters
D) Enzymes
Ans: C
Psychiatric medications primarily target the central nervous system at the cellular synaptic level at four sites: receptors, ion channels, enzymes, and carrier proteins. Receptors respond to neurotransmitters, but neurotransmitters are not a site of action of medications.
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