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O a drug that blocks the dopamine receptor

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
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ISBN:9780134477961
Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
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Dopamine is an excitatory neurotransmitter. The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia proposed that schizophrenic patients have too much dopamine in their system. If this hypothesis were correct, what kind of drug might help a schizophrenic patient? (Side note: this hypothesis is outdated) O a drug that blocks the dopamine receptor O a drug that increases the release of dopamine into the synaptic cleft O a dopamine reuptake inhibitor O a drug that imitates dopamine
Transcribed Image Text:Dopamine is an excitatory neurotransmitter. The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia proposed that schizophrenic patients have too much dopamine in their system. If this hypothesis were correct, what kind of drug might help a schizophrenic patient? (Side note: this hypothesis is outdated) O a drug that blocks the dopamine receptor O a drug that increases the release of dopamine into the synaptic cleft O a dopamine reuptake inhibitor O a drug that imitates dopamine
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Dopamine and Schizophrenia

Indeed schizophrenic patients have too much dopamine in their system which results in hallucinations and delusions in them. To decrease the level of dopamine in them one would need a drug that blocks the dopamine receptor. 

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