Neurotransmitters and hormones are types of chemical messengers. Many of the body’s hormones and neurotransmitters activate or inhibit each other, and they work together in a tightly controlled ...

The nervous system contains hundreds of different types of neurons that have physical ... potential causes the release of molecules called neurotransmitters, which pass from one end of the synapse ...

There are two types of removal: Re-uptake – the neurotransmitter is reabsorbed back into the presynaptic neuron and restored inside a vesicle ready to be used again. For example, noradrenaline.

A fluorescent probe designed to incorporate a fluorophore into the structure of a neurotransmitter finds activity-dependent heterogeneity in dopamine release at individual synapses ...

Recreational drugs can affect neurotransmitters in the reward pathway within the brain. They can act as either agonists or antagonists. Recreational drugs can also stimulate the release of ...