Neurotransmitters Affect Postsynaptic Cells by

question 50

Multiple Choice

Neurotransmitters affect postsynaptic cells by

• A) initiating signal transduction pathways in the cells.
• B) causing molecular changes in the cells.
• C) affecting ion-channel proteins.
• D) altering the permeability of the cells.
• E) all of the above.

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Substance

In philosophy, the underlying essence or fundamental nature of an entity that determines its properties and existence.

Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza, a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi Portuguese origin, known for his work in ethics, epistemology, and rationalism.

Monad

In Leibniz, the simple immaterial substances that are the ultimate constituents of all reality. God, the one uncreated monad, created all of the others as self-enclosed (“windowless”), predetermined entities.

Monads

In philosophy, especially in Leibniz's metaphysics, indivisible and simple entities that are the ultimate units of reality.