Research assistant Paulina finds that the newly developed psychoactive drug Cerebroflow has high nonspecific binding. When the levels of Cerebroflow are analyzed in the brain, what is Paulina likely to find?
A) high levels of Cerebroflow; nonspecific binding facilitates crossing the blood-brain barrier
B) low levels of Cerebroflow; nonspecific binding hinders crossing the blood-brain barrier
C) high levels of Cerebroflow; nonspecific binding increases likelihood of drug finding its target
D) low levels of Cerebroflow; nonspecific binding prevents drug from binding to proteins
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