One of the key ways that drugs affect synaptic transmission is by changing an excitatory neurotransmitter to an inhibitory neurotransmitter and vice versa.

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Drugs typically affect synaptic transmission by altering the release, reuptake, or degradation of neurotransmitters, or by mimicking or blocking the action of neurotransmitters at their receptors, rather than changing an excitatory neurotransmitter into an inhibitory one or vice versa.

One of the Key Ways That Drugs Affect Synaptic Transmission