Neurotransmitter/Related Articles
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
- See also changes related to Neurotransmitter, or pages that link to Neurotransmitter or to this page or whose text contains "Neurotransmitter".
Parent topics
- 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]
Subtopics
Neuropeptides
- 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]
- Acetylcholinesterase [r]: An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetylcholine to choline and acetate, causing muscles, ennervated by cholinergic receptors, to relax [e]
Biogenic monoamines
- From phenylalanine and tyrosine
- Dopamine [r]: A monoamine neurotransmitter formed in the brain by the decarboxylation of dopa and essential to the normal functioning of the central nervous system. [e]
- Norepinephrine [r]: Precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and is a widespread central and autonomic neurotransmitter. Norepinephrine is the principal transmitter of most postganglionic sympathetic fibers and of the diffuse projection system in the brain arising from the locus ceruleus. It is also found in plants and is used pharmacologically as a sympathomimetic. [e]
- Epinephrine [r]: A hormone (adrenalin) adrenergic systems-stimulator used in asthma and cardiac failure. [e]
- Deprenyl [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cocaine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Reserpine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- L-DOPA [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Norepinephrine [r]: Precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and is a widespread central and autonomic neurotransmitter. Norepinephrine is the principal transmitter of most postganglionic sympathetic fibers and of the diffuse projection system in the brain arising from the locus ceruleus. It is also found in plants and is used pharmacologically as a sympathomimetic. [e]
- 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
- 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