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Re: Why aren't stimulants considered dopamine agonists » mav27

Posted by clipper40 on November 14, 2007, at 3:40:39

In reply to Re: Why aren't stimulants considered dopamine agonists, posted by mav27 on November 13, 2007, at 6:24:30

> Because they arn't agonists.
> A dopamine agonist for eg is something that would bind to a certain receptor and fool it into thinking that dopamine had really bound to it.
> Kind of like artificial/counterfeight dopamine i guess.
>
> Stimulants don't work that way although i don't really know how to describe how they work other than doing something to cause neurotransmitters like dopamine to be released by stimulating whatever releases them.


Thanks. I think I should have phrased my question differently and asked how stimulants work vs. how agonists work.


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