A person is trying to quit smoking through the use of a prescribed drug that mimics some of the effects of nicotine in the brain.
Through the use of the medication, dopamine is still released, but less so than with nicotine.
In this instance which of the following BEST identifies the role of the prescribed drug?
Synaptic Vesicle
Postsynaptic potential
Antagonist
Agonist
Reuptake inhibitor