Neurotransmitter Sentence Examples

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  • They always use the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, and are always excitatory.

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  • Some scientists have reported abnormally low levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that affects mood, in the cerebrospinal fluid of some angerprone persons, but the relationship of this finding to IED is not clear.

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  • Acetylcholine-A chemical called a neurotransmitter that functions primarily to mediate activity of the nervous system and skeletal muscles.

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  • It is not only needed to help regulate our mood and sleep, but it also transmits nerve impulses from the brain and as a neurotransmitter controls feelings like thirst and hunger.

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  • The neurotransmitter serotonin, which helps regulate your mood, concentration, and sleep cycle.

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  • Tryptophan is a precursor to the neurotransmitter serotonin.

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  • It also acts on a neurotransmitter called noradrenaline, which may account for its anti-depressant effect.

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  • It enhances the release of the neurotransmitter noradrenaline in certain areas in the brain.

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  • Science 2 April 2004 Perfecting recall Researchers using rodents have found that the neurotransmitter norepinephrine is essential in retrieving certain types of memories.

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  • It may also work by altering levels of the brain neurotransmitter serotonin.

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  • This binding site is the synaptic vesicle protein 2A, believed to be involved in vesicle protein 2A, believed to be involved in vesicle fusion and neurotransmitter exocytosis.

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  • This binding site is the synaptic vesicle protein 2A, believed to be involved in vesicle fusion and neurotransmitter exocytosis.

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  • There's some evidence that valerian works with the neurotransmitter GABA in the central nervous system.

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  • These might include anti-depressants, such as Wellbutrin, drugs for high blood pressure, anti-nausea drugs, and drugs that increase neurotransmitter activity.

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  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) affect your brain's ability to absorb serotonin, while alcohol alters your body's production of this neurotransmitter.

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  • Once these medications adjust your neurotransmitter levels, your brain will begin to respond better to situations.

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  • This hormone is a neurotransmitter that improves a person's overall sense of wellbeing.

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  • Some studies suggest that the tics in Tourette syndrome are caused by an increased amount of a neurotransmitter called dopamine.

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  • Anticholinergic drug-Drugs that block the action of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

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  • Tryptophan is converted by the body to niacin, one of the B vitamins, and serotonin, a neurotransmitter.

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  • A neurotransmitter is a chemical produced by the body that conveys nerve impulses across the gaps (synapses) between nerve cells.

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  • Dopamine-A neurotransmitter made in the brain that is involved in many brain activities, including movement and emotion.

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  • Also, botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin that blocks the ability of motor nerves to release acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter that relays nerve signals to muscles.

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  • These proteins control the release of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that stimulates muscle cells.

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  • Also, choline is used to produce the important neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

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  • Alzheimer's disease is caused by the destruction of certain brain cells leading to the loss of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

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  • Choline is transformed into the brain neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which is vital to the efficient transmission of brain signals.

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  • A mutation in a receptor for the neurotransmitter dopamine has been found on chromosome 11 or 18.

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  • Glioma tumor cells release the neurotransmitter glutamate, which carves a path of destruction through brain tissue allowing the tumor cells to advance.

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  • The role of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate is being investigated.

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  • The main culprit has been thought to be the neurotransmitter glutamate acting through AMPA receptors.

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  • Histidine is metabolized into the neurotransmitter histamine which is used by the body in its response to foreign substances.

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  • For example, ecstasy appears to affect a neurotransmitter called serotonin by reducing the amount of the chemical in the brain.

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  • Alcohol causes the effects of the brains neurotransmitter GABA to increase.

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  • Other studies suggest instead that there is a problem with a different neurotransmitter called serotonin.

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  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as fluoxetine (Prozac) and sertraline (Zoloft) reduce depression by increasing levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter.

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  • Serotonin-A widely distributed neurotransmitter that is found in blood platelets, the lining of the digestive tract, and the brain, and that works in combination with norepinephrine.

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  • Acetylcholine receptors are integral proteins that respond to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine by opening a pathway in the membrane for ion diffusion across the cell membrane.

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  • Parkinson's disease-A slowly progressive disease that destroys nerve cells in the basal ganglia and thus causes loss of dopamine, a chemical that aids in transmission of nerve signals (neurotransmitter).

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