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imported>Chris Day (New page: {{subpages}} <!-- INSTRUCTIONS, DELETE AFTER READING: Related Articles pages link to existing and proposed articles that are related to the present article. These lists of links double as...) |
imported>Pierre-Alain Gouanvic (merged from neurotransmitterS; "Other related topics" might require topics that are more closely related (I refer to the last list in this subsection)) |
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{{r|Neurology}} | |||
==Subtopics== | ==Subtopics== | ||
{{r|Neuropsychopharmacology}} | |||
===Neuropeptides=== | ===Neuropeptides=== | ||
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{{R|Luteinizing hormone}} | {{R|Luteinizing hormone}} | ||
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{{r|Sympathetic nervous system}} | {{r|Sympathetic nervous system}} | ||
* [[Hemispheric lateralization]] | |||
* [[Interspike Interval Histogram]] | |||
* [[Intermolecular forces]] | |||
* [[Borderline personality disorder]] | |||
* [[Shaker gene]] | |||
Revision as of 23:58, 22 September 2008
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Parent topics
- Brain [r]: The core unit of a central nervous system. [e]
- Nervous system [r]: The control unit of bodily functions in animals. [e]
- Neurochemistry [r]: A subfield of biology that focuses on the chemical makeup of the brain with a particular emphasis on the metabolism of neuroactive compounds like neurotransmitters. [e]
- Neurophysiology [r]: The branch of physiology that studies the functions of the nervous system. [e]
- Neurology [r]: The medical specialty concerned with evaluating the nervous system and the other system that it affects, and the treatment of nervous system disorders. [e]
Subtopics
- Neuropsychopharmacology [r]: The study of the fundamental neuroscientific principles behind the action of drugs on brain and cognition; a subset of neuropharmacology, the action of drugs on all parts of the nervous system [e]
Neuropeptides
- Peptide hormone [r]: A class of chemical messengers, secreted into the blood from endocrine cells, that bind to specific receptors expressed on the plasma membrane of target cells. [e]
- Luteinizing hormone [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Insulin [r]: Hormone that regulates blood glucose levels. [e]
- Vasopressin [r]: A hormone also called (arginine vasopressin, (AVP); formerly known as antidiuretic hormone, ADH), produced in the hypothalamus secreted from the posterior pituitary that causes kidneys to concentrate urine to conserve water, also causes vasoconstriction. [e]
- Somatostatin [r]: Neuropeptide whose best known function is as a hypothalamic factor that inhibits the secretion of growth hormone. [e]
- Neurotensin [r]: Add brief definition or description
Amino acids
- Aspartate [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Glutamate [r]: Add brief definition or description
- GABA [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Glycine [r]: The smallest of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. [e]
Acetylcholine
- Acetylcholine [r]: A chemical transmitter in both the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and central nervous system (CNS) in many organisms including humans. [e]
Biogenic monoamines
- From phenylalanine and tyrosine
- Dopamine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Octopamine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tyramine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- From tryptophan
- From histidine
Other
- Carbon monoxide [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nitric oxide [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Neuropsychopharmacology [r]: The study of the fundamental neuroscientific principles behind the action of drugs on brain and cognition; a subset of neuropharmacology, the action of drugs on all parts of the nervous system [e]
- Action potential [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Exocytosis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ionotropic receptor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Metabotropic receptor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Synaptic gap [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vesicles [r]: Add brief definition or description