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Describe the Dopamine Hypothesis of the Action of Antipsychotics

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Describe the dopamine hypothesis of the action of antipsychotics. What findings support or fail to support this hypothesis?


Definitions:

Operon

A functional unit of DNA containing a group of genes controlled by a single promoter, used by prokaryotes to regulate gene expression efficiently.

Structural Genes

Genes that code for proteins which serve as building blocks for cells and tissues or operate in metabolic or physiological processes.

Regulatory Sequences

Segments of DNA that are involved in controlling the activity of genes, including when, where, and how much of a gene product is made.

Constitutive

Expressed continuously under normal physiological conditions, not subject to regulation by environmental conditions.

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