Use of illicit* drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafeâjust like driving after drinking alcohol. Drugged driving puts the driver, passengers, and others who share the road at risk. Photo by Â©iStock.com/Joshua Sowin.
NEUROTRANSMITTERS are the brain chemicals that communicate information throughout our brain and body. They relay signals between nerve cells, called âneurons.â The brain uses neurotransmitters to tell your heart to beat, your lungs to breathe, and your stomach to digest.
A neurotransmitter receptor (also known as a neuroreceptor) is a membrane receptor protein that is activated by a neurotransmitter.n postsynaptic cells, neurotransmitter receptors receive signals that trigger an electrical signal, by regulating the activity of ion channels.