channel Synaptic vesicle Neurotransmitter transporter Receptor Neurotransmitter Axon terminal Synaptic cleft Dendrite A neurotransmitter is a signaling molecule...
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neuroscience, glutamate is the anion of glutamic acid in its role as a neurotransmitter (a chemical that nerve cells use to send signals to other cells). It...
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Monoamine neurotransmitters are neurotransmitters and neuromodulators that contain one amino group connected to an aromatic ring by a two-carbon chain...
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A neurotransmitter receptor (also known as a neuroreceptor) is a membrane receptor protein that is activated by a neurotransmitter. Chemicals on the outside...
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Neurotransmitter transporters are a class of membrane transport proteins that span the cellular membranes of neurons. Their primary function is to carry...
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Chemical synapse (redirect from Postsynaptic neurotransmitter receptors)
neuron releases neurotransmitter molecules into a small space (the synaptic cleft) that is adjacent to another neuron. The neurotransmitters are contained...
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A false neurotransmitter is a chemical compound which closely imitates the action of a neurotransmitter in the nervous system. Examples include 5-MeO-αMT...
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Synaptic vesicle (redirect from Neurotransmitter vesicles)
In a neuron, synaptic vesicles (or neurotransmitter vesicles) store various neurotransmitters that are released at the synapse. The release is regulated...
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Synapse (section Release of neurotransmitters)
excitatory neurotransmitter, in contrast to GABA, which acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter. Additionally, dopamine is a neurotransmitter that exerts...
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Reuptake inhibitor (redirect from Neurotransmitter uptake inhibitors)
a neurotransmitter from the synapse into the pre-synaptic neuron. This leads to an increase in extracellular concentrations of the neurotransmitter and...
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Structural analog (redirect from Neurotransmitter analogue)
Phenethylamine Amphetamine Methamphetamine A neurotransmitter analog is a structural analogue of a neurotransmitter, typically a drug. Some examples include:...
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Axon terminal (section Neurotransmitter release)
(A), the neurotransmitter is released and diffuses across the synaptic cleft. If the postsynaptic cell (B) is also a neuron, neurotransmitter receptors...
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Ligand-gated ion channel (redirect from Neurotransmitter-gated ion channel)
a neurotransmitter. When a presynaptic neuron is excited, it releases a neurotransmitter from vesicles into the synaptic cleft. The neurotransmitter then...
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Exocytosis (redirect from Neurotransmitter release)
transport and bulk transport in which a cell transports molecules (e.g., neurotransmitters and proteins) out of the cell (exo- + cytosis). As an active transport...
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Reuptake (category Neurotransmitters)
Reuptake is the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neurotransmitter transporter located along the plasma membrane of an axon terminal (i.e., the pre-synaptic...
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Retrograde signaling (redirect from Retrograde neurotransmitter)
neurotransmission. In contrast to conventional (anterograde) neurotransmitters, retrograde neurotransmitters are synthesized in the postsynaptic neuron, and bind...
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Neuron (section Neurotransmitter)
specialized connections that commonly use minute amounts of chemical neurotransmitters to pass the electric signal from the presynaptic neuron to the target...
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Neurotransmitters are released into a synapse in packaged vesicles called quanta. One quantum generates a miniature end plate potential (MEPP) which is...
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GABA (redirect from GABA neurotransmitter)
(gamma Aminobutyric acid, γ-Aminobutyric acid) is the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter in the developmentally mature mammalian central nervous system. Its...
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let through") is the process by which signaling molecules called neurotransmitters are released by the axon terminal of a neuron (the presynaptic neuron)...
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Adrenaline (redirect from Epinephrine (neurotransmitter))
chromaffin cells and in a small number of neurons that use adrenaline as a neurotransmitter. Following adrenalectomy, adrenaline disappears below the detection...
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synaptically connected. List of neurotransmitters Neuromodulator Monoamine neurotransmitter Neuropeptide Neurotransmitter receptor – membrane receptor that...
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An amino acid neurotransmitter is an amino acid which is able to transmit a nerve message across a synapse. Neurotransmitters (chemicals) are packaged...
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the brain and body of many types of animals (including humans) as a neurotransmitter. Its name is derived from its chemical structure: it is an ester of...
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Reverse transport (redirect from Neurotransmitter efflux)
function of most neurotransmitter transporters is to facilitate neurotransmitter reuptake (i.e., the reabsorption of neurotransmitters by the cell which...
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is an example of an inhibitory neurotransmitter. Monoamine neurotransmitters: Dopamine is a monoamine neurotransmitter. It plays a key role in the functioning...
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Norepinephrine (category Neurotransmitters)
catecholamine family that functions in the brain and body as a hormone, neurotransmitter and neuromodulator. The name "noradrenaline" (from Latin ad, "near"...
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precursor as well as a metabolic intermediate in the biosynthesis of the neurotransmitter serotonin. 5-HTP is sold over the counter in the United States, France...
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Autonomic nervous system (section Neurotransmitters)
non-cholinergic transmitters (because they use nitric oxide as a neurotransmitter) and are integral in autonomic function, in particular in the gut and...
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Monoamine precursor (redirect from Monoamine neurotransmitter precursors)
Monoamine precursors are precursors of monoamines and monoamine neurotransmitters in the body. The amino acids L-tryptophan and L-5-hydroxytryptophan...
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