So that's a description of what we would call the spatial effects or the spatial aspects of dopamine.
I said this connects to that, that connects to this.
You can get local or more broad volumetric release.
What about the duration of release or the duration of action for dopamine?
Well, dopamine is unique among chemicals in the brain, because dopamine unlike a lot of chemicals in the brain works through what are called G protein-coupled receptors.
And for those of you that are about to pass out from the amount of detail, just hang in there with me. It's really not complicated.
There are two ways that neurons can communicate or mainly two ways.
There are third and fourth, but mostly neurons communicate by two modes.
One, are what we call fast electrical synapses ionotropic conduction.
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