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Neurotransmitters are chemicals that are used to relay, amplify and modulate electrical signals between a neuron and another cell.
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Neurotransmitters are broadly classified into small-molecule transmitters and neuroactive peptides.
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Neurotransmitters and Receptors
Neurotransmitters are usually small molecules, such as amino acids (e.g, glutamate and aspartate) and amines (e.g., dopamine, serotonin, and histamine).
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Neurotransmitters tend to be small molecules, some are even hormones. The time for neurotransmitter action is between 0,5 and 1 millisecond.
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neurotransmitter
A chemical messenger released from the synaptic terminal of a neuron at a chemical synapse that diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to and stimulates the postsynaptic cell.
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neurotransmitter: a chemical substance that accumulates in the synapse and increases the membrane permeability of the next dendrite.
neutrophils: the white blood cells that function in phagocytosis.
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neurotransmitter Chemical substance secreted by the terminal end of an axon that stimulates a muscle fiber contraction or an impulse in another neuron.
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neurotransmitter - small signaling molecule secreted by the presynaptic nerve cell at a
chemical synapse to relay the signal to the postsynaptic cell. Examples include acetycholine, glutamate, GABA, glycine, and many neuropeptides ...
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(Neurotransmitters are chemicals that act in a paracrine fashion.)
The junction between the axon terminals of a neuron and the receiving cell is called a synapse.
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A chemical neurotransmitter that is released from the ends of certain types of nerve fibre when they are stimulated. It transmits a signal to an adjacent nerve or muscle cell by binding to receptors on the target cell surface.
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Based on radioligand binding studies, it has long been assumed that the neurochemical pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) does not involve widespread changes in post-synaptic neurotransmitter function.
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Endorphins stimulate activity of the neurotransmitter dopamine after initially activating opioid receptors earlier in the nervous circuit. Increased dopamine activity is often met by a decrease in the number of receptors sensitive to dopamine.
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neurotransmitter A low molecular weight compound (usually containing nitrogen) secreted from the terminal of one neuron and bound by a specific receptor in the next neuron in order to transmit a nerve impulse.
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(3) 269 genes singly selected through thorough literature search which include neurotransmitter receptor (dopamine receptor, glutamate receptor, serotonin receptor, acetylcholine receptor, etc), ...
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acetylcholinesterase (AChE) - an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into acetate and choline. Expression of AChE can serve as a marker of skeletal muscle differentiation.
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the locus where one neuron communicates with another neuron in a neural pathway; a narrow gap between a synaptic terminal of an axon and a signal-receiving portion (dendrite or cell body) of another neuron or effector cell. Neurotransmitters released ...
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