- Cognitive Neuroengineering
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PSYCHOACTIVE COMPOUNDS EXERT THEIR SENSORY AND BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS ALMOST ENTIRELY BY ACTING ON NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND BY MODIFYING ONE OR MORE ASPECTS OF SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION. NEUROTRANSMITTERS CAN BE VIEWED AS CHEMICALS THROUGH WHICH NEURONS PRIMARILY COMMUNICATE. PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS AFFECT THE MIND BY ALTERING THIS COMMUNICATION.
PSYCHEDELIC COMPOUNDS ACTS BY :
1) SERVING AS A PRECURSOR FOR THE NEUROTRANSMITTER
2) INHIBITING NEUROTRANSMITTER SYNTHESIS
3) PREVENTING STORAGE OF NEUROTRANSMITTER IN THE PRESYNAPTIC VESICLE
4) STIMULATING OR INHIBITING NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE
5) STIMULATING OR BLOCKING POST-SYNAPTIC RECEPTORS
6) STIMULATING AUTORECEPTORS, INHIBITING NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE
7) BLOCKING AUTORECEPTORS, THUS INCREASING NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE
8) INHIBITING NEUROTRANSMISSION BREAKDOWN
9) BLOCKING NEUROTRANSMITTER REUPTAKE BY THE PRESYNAPTIC NEURON
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