A Nursing Student Asks About Drugs That Interfere with the Termination

Multiple Choice

A nursing student asks about drugs that interfere with the termination of transmitter action. Which statement by the nurse is correct?

A) "Drugs act on this process by altering the diffusion of the transmitter away from the synaptic gap."
B) "Drugs can interfere with termination by either increasing or decreasing reuptake of the transmitter."
C) "Drugs in this category lead to decreased activation by the transmitter in the synapse."
D) "These drugs reduce either reuptake or degradation of the transmitter, causing an increase in receptor activation."