Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 3

Some drugs act like (a) _____ keys that are so similar to neurotransmitters that these drugs open the chemical (b) _____ of nearby neurons by acting like or (c) _____ the action of regularly occurring neurotransmitters. Some drugs prevent the neuron's reabsorption of neurotransmitters by slowing down a process called (d) _____. Some drugs act on the nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area, which are parts of the brain's (e) _____ center.