A drug has been discovered to inhibit the dorsal raphe nucleus, you predict its effect will be
A)to enhance the learned helplessness effect.
B)to block the learned helplessness effect.
C)to artificially simulate the learned helplessness effect.
D)none of the above

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The dorsal raphe nucleus plays a key role in regulating mood and emotion, particularly in relation to the expression of learned helplessness. Inhibiting this area would likely block the learned helplessness effect, as this effect is thought to be mediated in part by dorsal raphe neuron activity.

A Drug Has Been Discovered to Inhibit the Dorsal Raphe