#an agonist binds to the neuron's neurotransmitter receptors and mimics the effect of an endogenous NT
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#stuff#without saying too much. i am really having a moment rn.#sometimes. i just#okay so like. the round peg fits in the square hole ykwim? so i was like. makes perfect sense#and those corners where nothing fits WELL nothing to worry about that is just Quirks and Idiosyncrasies!#and naturally it never. NEVER ONCE!!!! NEVER O N C E !!!!!!!! OCCURRED TO ME!!!! THAT PERHAPS!!! A SQUARE PEG EXISTED!!!!!!#TO FILL IN THOSE MOTHERFUCKING CORNERS!!!!!!!!!!#i want to bash my head into a staircase#perspective is literally just an ongoing realization that you were so fucking stupid every second until right now#duhhhhhh square peg exists. it exists specifically to go in the square hole. put the god damn pieces together you motherfucking idiot.#throw the round peg AWAY YOU DONT NEED IT!!!!#it's like it's like#okay it's like this#in neurochemistry. like in neurotransmitters and drugs and shit there's two ways a drug can act on the brain#there's agonists and antagonists#oh and inverse antagonists#an agonist binds to the neuron's neurotransmitter receptors and mimics the effect of an endogenous NT#antagonist binds to the receptors but doesn't do anything except take up space aka prevent real NTs from binding#however INVERSE antagonists. they will bind to the neuron and have. the OPPOSITE effect as the desired NT#you get an inverse antagonist to bind to your neurons and it's like yessss you feel this way you experience this thing#but now. like. get that inverse antagonist outta here. now the actual NTs flood in. and they are like#theyre like hey man you dont feel that way or experience that thing at all actually. idk why you thought you did but You Don't#anyway thats where im at#havin a normal one as you can clearly see#edit edit edit they are inverse AGONISTS i just cant read and cant edit the tags because mobile#inverse AGONISTS not antagonists#this matters to zero people
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