Anatomy and Physiology by OpenStax
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ISBN: 9781506698021
Author: J. Gordon Betts;Dean H. Kruse;Kelly A. Young;Peter DeSaix;Brandon Poe;Oksana Korol;James A. Wise;Eddie Johnson;Jody E. Johnson;Mark Womble
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Chapter 15, Problem 23RQ
A drug is called an agonist if it ________.
- blocks a receptor
- interferes with neurotransmitter reuptake
- acts like the endogenous neurotransmitter by binding to its receptor
- blocks the voltage-gated calcium ion channel
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