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


A

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