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Which of the following statements accurately describes the difference between agonists and antagonists?
Which of the following statements accurately describes the difference between agonists and antagonists?
- Agonists and antagonists both decrease synaptic activity.
- Agonists and antagonists both increase synaptic activity.
- Agonists decrease synaptic activity, while antagonists increase synaptic activity.
- Agonists increase synaptic activity, while antagonists decrease synaptic activity. (correct)
What is the main difference between the terms 'agonists and antagonists' and 'uppers and downers'?
What is the main difference between the terms 'agonists and antagonists' and 'uppers and downers'?
- 'Agonists and antagonists' describe the subjective experience after consuming a drug, while 'uppers and downers' refer to the effect of drugs on the synapse.
- 'Agonists and antagonists' and 'uppers and downers' are both subjective terms with no scientific basis.
- 'Agonists and antagonists' and 'uppers and downers' are two different terms for the same concept.
- 'Agonists and antagonists' describe the effect of drugs on the synapse, while 'uppers and downers' refer to the subjective experience after consuming a drug. (correct)
Can a drug that is an agonist have a 'downer' effect?
Can a drug that is an agonist have a 'downer' effect?
- No, agonists always have an 'upper' effect.
- Yes, if the agonist acts on an excitatory synapse.
- Yes, if the agonist acts on an inhibitory synapse. (correct)
- No, agonists never affect the subjective experience.
