Cocaine acts as an indirect sympathomimetic drug that crosses the blood–brain barrier and blocks the transport of dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine, which inhibits the re-uptake of these neurotransmitters at presynaptic terminals and increases their quantity and receptor activation in postsynaptic neurons.

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• serotonin concept
• dopamine concept
• neurotransmitter concept
• norepinephrine concept
• blood-brain barrier concept
• cocaine concept