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Chapter 23 & 24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This serves to calm or quiet nervous excitement and sometimes induced sleep: | sedatives |
| A mental state characterized by feelings of sadness, often accompanied by psychomoter retardation: | depression |
| Any agent used to counteract depression: | antidepressant |
| The specific and potent inhibition of serotonin reuptake on the presynaptic neuron, which increases serotonin availability at the synapse: | selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) |
| These relieve anxiety and are used primarily for disorders caused by anxiety: | anxiolytic agents |
| These are potent unsaturated fatty acids that act in exceedingly low concentrations on local target organs: | prostaglandins |