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piesebel

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A drug company seeking to develop a new antischizophrenic drug would want to develop a drug that reverses both positive and negative symptoms but that avoids the blockage of ________ receptors within the ________ of the schizophrenic brain.
 
  a. D1; nucleus accumbens
  b. D2; medial prefrontal cortex
  c. D3; hippocampus
  d. D2; striatum
  e. D4; amygdala

Question 2

Patients with _____________ are unable to stop moving. This condition is common among individuals who take antipsychotic medications.
 
  a. Parkinson's disease
  b. Huntington's disease
  c. tardive dyskinesia
  d. paroxysmal dyskinesia
  e. athetosis


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yasmin

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: d. D2; striatum

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c. tardive dyskinesia


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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
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