How do Psychotropics work

Question 1

psychotropic medications the affect?

Answer 1

neurotransmission

Question 2

what is reuptake?

Answer 2

the process of neurotransmission inactivation.

Question 3

what does blocking the reuptake process do?

Answer 3

allows more of the neurotransmitter to be available for neuronal transmission

Question 4

Pyschotropic medication

Answer 4

medication that affects psychic function behavior or experience.

Question 5

Neurotransmitter?

Answer 5

a chemical stored in the axon terminals of the presynaptic neuron. An electrical impulse through the neuron stimulates the release of the neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft, which in turn determines whether another electrical impulse is generated

Question 6

receptor?

Answer 6

molecules on the cell membrane that are binding sites for neurotransmitters.