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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. [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]
- 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. National Library of Medicine [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]: A crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant, that is both a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant; it is also a local anesthetic primarily used in otolaryngology [e]
- 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. National Library of Medicine [e]
- Octopamine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tyramine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- From tryptophan
- From histidine
- Histamine [r]: A biogenic amine involved in local immune responses as well as regulating physiological function in the gut and acting as a neurotransmitter. [e]
Other
- Carbon monoxide [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nitric oxide [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other related topics
- Neuropsychopharmacology [r]: The study of the fundamental neuroscientific principles behind the action of drugs on brain and cognition. [e]
- Action potential [r]: A brief change in voltage that travels along a cell membrane. [e]
- 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]: Contact point between neurons and other cells, crucial for nerve signalling [e]
- Vesicles [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Autonomic nervous system [r]: Neurones that are not under conscious control, comprising two antagonistic components, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. [e]
- Parasympathetic nervous system [r]: Motor division of the autonomic nervous system, which has cholinergic nerve endings, which inhibits the heart, contracts the pupils, and produces a vagus-insulin axis of activity. [e]
- Sympathetic nervous system [r]: Portion of the autonomic nervous system concerned with nonvolitional preparation of the organism for emergency situations. [e]
