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You reach out and touch a piece of cloth, feeling its texture. The cells that gather this sensory information are part of the _________________.
 
  a. parasympathetic nervous system
  b. autonomic nervous system
  c. central nervous system
  d. peripheral nervous system

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Explain why the termination step of the neural communication process is a key target for therapeutic drugs.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

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Answer: The postsynaptic action of many neurotransmitters is terminated via reuptake of the
molecule through the membrane transporter or through enzymatic inactivation. A drug that blocks such a transporter would be expected to raise the synaptic levels of that neurotransmitter, as would a drug that blocks the enzymatic degradation step. For a disease or disorder that is thought to result from a low synaptic activity of that transmitter, blockade of the reuptake or enzymatic process would generate a beneficial effect.


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