Overstimulation of postsynaptic receptors may lead to a decrease in responsiveness of the receptors.A fairly brief and transient decrease in receptor responsiveness is known as _____,whereas a more prolonged process in which the actual number of available receptors is diminished is known as _________.
A) down-regulation; desensitization
B) desensitization; up-regulation
C) up-regulation; desensitization
D) down-regulation; autophosphorylation
E) desensitization; down-regulation
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Q1: A drug that binds to a receptor
Q2: The primary location for receptors that recognize
Q3: Some drugs affect the function of the
Q4: A drug that fails to evoke a
Q5: In contrast to an agonist,a pharmacologic antagonist
A)
Q6: The ability of a drug to bind
Q7: A noncompetitive antagonist
A) has a more or
Q8: Signals from the surface receptor are transduced
Q10: The acetylcholine receptor located on the postsynaptic
Q11: A drug that binds readily to available
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