When a neuromodulator slows the reuptake of a neurotransmitter or causes expression of an increased number of receptors on postsynaptic neurons, the effect is called

A. presynaptic potentiation.
B. recruitment.
C. spatial summation.
D. facilitation.
E. temporal summation.


Answer: D

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