A Drug Found to Bind to the NMDA Receptor Might

question 55

Multiple Choice

A drug found to bind to the NMDA receptor might be a positive allosteric modulator if:

• A) some of the receptors the drug binded to became activated while others were not.
• B) the drug alone caused ions to flow through the NMDA receptor channel.
• C) reduced ion flow through the NMDA receptor channel occurred when glutamate was bound to the receptor with the drug present.
• D) greater ion flow through the NMDA receptor occurred when glutamate was bound to the receptor with the drug present.

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