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If an effect of binding the neurotransmitter depends on the receptor type, not the neurotransmitter itself, then why don't we have just one neurotransmitter and many different receptors?

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  • $\begingroup$ biology.stackexchange.com/questions/35532/… is likely relevant, though there are also places where multiple neurotransmitters are used in close proximity where they wouldn't be interchangeable. $\endgroup$
    – Bryan Krause ♦
    Feb 8, 2022 at 15:35
  • $\begingroup$ The question "why do we have multiple neurotransmitters/receptors" is indeed interesting imo, but how well a ligand binds to a receptor depends on its molecular geometry. Some neurotransmitters might bind fairly well to multiple receptors, but globally to each receptor its neurotransmitter. $\endgroup$
    – David Cian
    Feb 15, 2022 at 12:58

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