When an individual uses certain antipsychotic drugs for mala…
When an individual uses certain antipsychotic drugs for maladies such as schizophrenia the drug competes with receptors for dopamine. If the drug prevents the binding of dopamine to its receptor, then the receptive region of the neuron is rendered functionless. What region of the neuron does this class of drug bind to?
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The nurse practitioner is treating an eight-year-old patient for chronic constipation. The patient has just achieved a successful clean-out of the colon. What plan should the nurse practitioner discuss with the patient’s parent regarding the maintenance medications?
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Imagine a situation where you are studying the function of a neuron from a giant squid in the laboratory. That neuron has been dissected out and is floating in a dish that exactly replicates the normal extracellular fluid for this cell. You have the ability to stimulate this neuron to threshold as much as you would like AND you can see any action potentials generated on a computer monitor. If you exposed this neuron to a drug that blocks _____, you would expect that neuron could generate action potentials normally for a few seconds if you stimulate it sufficiently, but it would become incapable of generating any further action potentials after a few seconds.
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