| | Neurotransmitter Dysregulation |
 | | Downregulation is also known to occur in the acetylcholinergic system and indeed has been cited as a factor that must be considered with respect to drug interactions in military personnel who have taken PB and who may require drugs as part of surgery for traumatic injury (Keeler, 1990). |
 | | Tolerance (net "downregulation" of the system--though not of the receptors) results if the increase in receptor number is exceeded by the increase in number of receptors that are inactivated (Collins and Marks, 1988)--otherwise stated, if the increase in receptor binding by nicotine is more than offset by a loss in effect of binding. |
 | | "Downregulation" appears to be a common compensatory phenomenon in the face of pharmacologically heightened signaling, as a mechanism to counteract excessive nerve signaling. |
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