Question

Complete the following statements to assess the understanding of how drugs increase the effect of a neurotransmitter at a synapse. Not all choices will be used.
Most illicit drugs affect the nervous system by affecting the action of a particular neurotransmitter at _____ in the brain. Drugs that increase the likelihood of neuron excitation are called _____, and those that decrease that likelihood are called _____.
Specific ways that a drug could increase the effect of a neurotransmitter (NT) at a synapse include 1) causing the NT to leak out of a synaptic _____into the synaptic cleft; 2) preventing _____ of the NT presynaptic membrane; and, 3)blocking an _____that normally breaks down the NT.
Word Bank:
acetylcholine
delays
depressants
dopamine
equal
excitement
larger
release
stimulants
synapses
vesicle
reuptake
enzyme

Answer 1

Its all the above but depression first