Re: can someone clear up some simple biochemistry qu's

Posted by jemma on June 18, 2003, at 10:18:05

In reply to Re: can someone clear up some simple biochemistry qu's » falconman, posted by avid abulia on June 16, 2003, at 13:07:51

Oh good, somebody who knows this stuff. Which is best for ADD - cortical dopamine or lower brain dopamine? What mental activities are governed by the lower brain, and how might dopamine affect them?
Thanks - Jemma
> zyprexa reduces dopamine transmission in lower brain centers, but because it is a 5-ht2a antagonist, and 5-ht2a blocks cortical dopamine transmission, it blocks DA in some areas and enhances it in others.
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> ~AA

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