Researchers Have Recently Developed Approaches for Using Vaccines to Prevent

question 37

Multiple Choice

Researchers have recently developed approaches for using vaccines to prevent psychostimulant relapse. How do these vaccines work?

• A) They prevent psychostimulants from crossing the blood-brain barrier.
• B) They block psychostimulant binding sites on dopamine receptors.
• C) They cause quicker metabolism and elimination of psychostimulants.
• D) They convert psychostimulant structures to inactive forms.

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Definitions:

Assimilation

A cognitive process in Jean Piaget's theory where individuals integrate new information into existing schemas or frameworks of understanding.

Feeling of Meaning

The subjective experience or sensation that one's life or circumstances have purpose and significance.

Heredity

The passing of traits from parents to offspring through genes, influencing characteristics such as height, eye color, and susceptibility to certain diseases.

Environment

The surrounding physical, biological and socio-economic conditions in which an organism or community lives.