Present Speculations Regarding Key Pharmacodynamic Properties Distinguishing Atypical Antipsychotics from Conventional

question 7

Multiple Choice

Present speculations regarding key pharmacodynamic properties distinguishing atypical antipsychotics from conventional antipsychotics have proposed differences in

• A)the degree to which these drugs block 5HT2 receptors relative to their ability to block D2-like receptors
• B)the rate at which they dissociate from D2-like receptors
• C)both a and b
• D)none of these

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Definitions:

Olfaction

The sense of smell, a chemical sense by which individuals perceive odors.

Sense

A faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.

Smell

A sense that detects and identifies odors through organs in the nasal cavity, contributing to taste and perception of the environment.

Synesthesia

A condition in which one sense is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more additional senses, such as seeing sounds.