Specificity of Drugs as Tools in Psychopharmacology: Drugs That Interfere with Monoamine Storage

Most studies concerning the mechanism of action of psychotropic drugs are based on pharmacological interactions. A drug known to block, for instance, the dopaminegic system is utilized to establish whether another drug exerts its pharmacological effects via that monoammergic system. d -Amphetamme is believed to act on the dopaminergic system because some, but not all, pharmacological effects are inhibited by antidopammergic agents