Neurotransmitter

Neurotransmitter

Chemicals produced by neurons to carry their messages to other neurons.

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neurotransmitter

Biology; Neuroscience

Substance released by synaptic terminals for the purpose of transmitting information from one nerve cell to another.

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Tobacco; General tobacco

Chemicals in the brain that carry information between nerve cells.

neurotransmitters

Biology; Cell biology

Chemicals released from the tip of an axon into the synaptic cleft when a nerve impulse arrives; may stimulate or inhibit the next neuron. The chemical that crosses the synaptic ...

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Psychology; General psychology

Chemical messengers released from neurons that cross the synapse from one neuron to another, stimulating the postsynaptic neuron.

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Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Specialized proteins that relay, amplify and modulate electrical signals between neurons in the brain and nervous system.

gene

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Strands of DNA that contain the blueprint of all the molecules that make up our bodies.

nicotine gum, nicotine patch

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Two methods of delivering small amounts of nicotine into the bodies of people who are addicted to nicotine to help them quit smoking cigarettes by preventing nicotine withdrawal.

acute effects

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The short-term effects of a drug. Acute effects are those that people feel shortly after they ingest a drug and are under its influence (e.g., while they are intoxicated).

localization of function

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A principal of brain organization that states that specific places (circuits) in the brain carry out specific functions.

cerebral cortex

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The large, deeply folded outer layers of the brain that make our heads so big. The cortex carries out complex perceptual, cognitive, and motor tasks.

thalamus

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A brain structure that lies between the brain stem and the cortex and acts as a relay to the cortex for almost all sensory inputs and other kinds of information.

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