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neurotransmitter

[‚nu̇r·ō‚tranz′mid·ər]
(neuroscience)
A chemical agent that is released by a neuron at a synapse, diffuses across the synapse, and acts upon a postsynaptic neuron, a muscle, or a gland cell.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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* Neurotransmitters are synthesized in many areas of the body including the central nervous system, the peripheral nervous system, the kidneys, the gastrointestinal tract, and the adrenal glands.
Ionotropic receptors: Receptors for neurotransmitters that act as ion channels.
They realized that there was strength in numbers (not that these conditions didn't already have enough strength on their own), and they mobilized to formulate and anoint a new class of conditions called "Pediatric Neurotransmitter Diseases." Those early meetings appeared to be like a sketch from Saturday Night Live.
Kavalali indicates that, if the two types of vesicles have different molecular compositions, as the findings suggest, those differences may make it possible to regulate spontaneous and activity-dependent neurotransmitter release independently.
[8.] Webster RA, Jordan CC: Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Disease Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1989.
Even if depression starts with a single abnormal neurotransmitter, things that happen afterward turn it into a multisystem disease, at least as far as serotonin and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis are concerned," said Dr.
As has been noted, fluoxetine and other SSRIs cause serotonin uptake blockade with little or no effect on other neurotransmitters or their receptor sites.
A: Nutrients are precursors of neurotransmitters, And in some cases, having more of the precursor means more of the neurotransmitter is produced.
Willis, director of the university's Marine Biomedical Institute, and his colleagues are studying the role of various neurotransmitters - substances that nerve cells use to communicate with each other - involved in pain control.
Central and peripheral nervous system functions depend on normal synaptic transmission, which is mediated by a variety of neurotransmitters, including the biogenic amines (the catecholamines dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, serotonin, histamine; Eisenhofer 2004; Rothman et al.
Both are so-called neurotransmitters, chemical signals released from one nerve cell to the next to stimulate similar sensations throughout the body.
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