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Neurotransmitters

Known as: Neurotransmitter, Transmitter Substances, Nerve, Substances, Nerve Transmitter 
Endogenous signaling molecules secreted by neurons that alter the behavior of neurons or effector cells. Neurotransmitter is used here in its most… 
National Institutes of Health

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AcetylcholineAdenosineAminobutyric AcidAminobutyric Acids
Amino AcidsAutacoidsInhibitory Nerve ControlNeurochemistry - biologic function

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Biological macromoleculeNeurotransmitter AgentsOrganic ChemicalsPeripheral Nervous System Agents

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2011
2011
A history of iron deficiency anemia during infancy alters brain monoamine activity later in juvenile monkeys .
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of iron deficiency a nemia on cognitive function and intelligence in children. METHODS: Matche… 
2007
2007
Proteomics of neuroendocrine secretory vesicles reveal distinct functional systems for biosynthesis and exocytosis of peptide hormones and neurotransmitters.
Regulated secretory vesicles produce, store, and secrete active peptide hormones and neurotransmitters that function in cell-cell… 
1998
1998
Metal ion-assisted stacking interactions and the facilitated hydrolysis of nucleoside 5 ¢ -triphosphates
Abstract 
1998
1998
Reversibility of functionally injured neurotransmitter systems with shunt placement in hydrocephalic rats: implications for intellectual impairment in hydrocephalus.
UNLABELLED Intellectual impairment has been related to alteration of neuronal innervation in the following regions: cholinergic… 
1993
1993
Photoemission spectromicroscopy of neurons.
We present photoemission spectromicroscopy results on biological specimens. The data, obtained with x-ray secondary… 
1985
1985
Accumulation of inositol phosphates in sympathetic ganglia. Effects of depolarization and of amine and peptide neurotransmitters.
Depolarization of isolated [3H]inositol-labelled rat superior cervical sympathetic ganglia in a high-K+ medium stimulates an… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Nutrient and hormone-neurotransmitter stimuli induce hydrolysis of polyphosphoinositides in rat pancreatic islets.
Preincubation of rat pancreatic islets with 3H-inositol, and subsequent exposure, in the presence of LiCl, to either glucose or… 
1979
1979
Reconstitution and purification by "transport specificity fractionation" of an ATP-dependent calcium transport component from synaptosome-derived vesicles.
A synaptosomal ATP-dependent Ca uptake system was reconstituted into artificial vesicles by a cholate dialysis procedure using an… 
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1973
Highly Cited
1973
Alpha-adrenoceptor mediated feed-back control of sympathetic neurotransmitter secretion in guinea-pig vas deferens.
CONSIDERABLE recent evidence indicates that the secretion of noradrenaline (NA) from sympathetic nerves, on arrival of the… 
1971
1971
Decrease of the 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) decarboxylase activities in human erythrocytes and mouse tissues after administration of DOPA.
Human erythrocytes have been found to contain appreciable amounts of DOPA decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.26) activity. The enzyme…