KROK 1 2020 – Question 2 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A woman has lately been excessively excitable and irritable and had insomnia. She was prescribed diazepam. What is the main mechanism of action of this drug?
- A. Beta-adrenergic receptor stimulation
- B. Benzodiazepine receptor stimulation
- C. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor blockade
- D. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor stimulation
- E. Serotonin receptor blockade
Hint
Ask which inhibitory transmitter system in the brain diazepam strengthens, and whether it does so by copying the transmitter or by amplifying its effect.
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