Question

Prozac is the trade name for a ___ that is used to treat depression.

Select one:

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

tricyclic antidepressant

monoamine oxidase inhibitor

benzodiazepine

cholinergic chemical

Question text

2.Most recreational drugs affect neurological function by causing some alteration of normal function at the synapses. Cocaine, for example, blocks ___ .

Select one:

reuptake of serotonin

reuptake of norepinephrine

reuptake of dopamine

breakdown of GABA

GABA receptors

3.

Answer 1

1.

Prozac is the trade name for selective Serotonon Uptake Inhibitor /SSRI . It is used to treat major depressive disorder, Bulimia nervosa.

Prozac is an antidepressant. It is also known as Fluoxetine.

First option is the correct answer.Other options are wrong. Prozac is not a cholinergic chemical or benzodiazepine. It is also not a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.

SELECTIVE SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR is the answer.

2.

Cocaine is a stimulant which is used as a recreational drug.

Cocaine binds to dopamine transport proteins and inhibits the reuptake of dopamine . This leads to the accumulation of dopamine in the synaptic cleft and causes increased post synaptic receptor activation.

Cocaine doesnot affect GABA receptors or breakdown of GABA. Cocaine slightly affects serotonin and noeepinephrine. So other options are incorrect.

Third option is the answer.

REUPTAKE OF DOPAMINE is the answer.