Most present-day antipsychotic medications are believed to exert their favorable effects in reducing symptoms of schizophrenia by acting as dopamine
A) agonists at D1-like dopamine receptors
B) agonists at D2-like dopamine receptors
C) antagonists at D1-like dopamine receptors
D) antagonists or inverse agonists at D2-like dopamine receptors
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Q40: Which two antipsychotics produce the most weight
Q41: Conventional antipsychotic drugs
A)reduce dopamine access to postsynaptic
Q42: The atypical antipsychotics risperidone (Risperdal) and olanzapine
Q43: The atypical antipsychotics are equally effective in
Q44: The atypical antipsychotic clozapine (Clozaril) differs from
Q45: One problematic characteristic of several of the
Q46: Aripiprazole (Abilify) has been called a third-generation
Q47: Present speculations regarding key pharmacodynamic properties distinguishing
Q49: Which of the following drugs has been
Q50: Of the newer atypical antipsychotics, risperidone (Risperdal)
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