Activating a metabotropic receptor does not result in

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Activating a metabotropic receptor typically results in changes in the levels of a second messenger, which can initiate a series of downstream signaling events, but does not result in the fast excitatory transmission that opening of an ion channel would cause. Changes in gene expression may also occur as a result of metabotropic receptor activation, but this is typically a slower and more long-lasting effect.

Activating a Metabotropic Receptor Does Not Result in