Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemical substance or medical device that affects synaptic transmission in nerve cells.
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- noun neuroscience A substance other than a
neurotransmitter , released by aneuron at asynapse and conveying information to adjacent or distant neurons, either enhancing or dampening their activities.
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Strict: Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
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Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
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Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
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Strict: Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
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Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
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Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
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These similarities likely occur because in both insects and mammals the biogenic amine neuromodulator systems disrupted by cocaine perform similar roles as modulators of reward and motor systems.
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These similarities likely occur because in both insects and mammals the biogenic amine neuromodulator systems disrupted by cocaine perform similar roles as modulators of reward and motor systems.
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Next to each entry, there is an image depicting the structural formula of a neurotransmitter, neurohormone or neuromodulator.
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Next to each entry, there is an image depicting the structural formula of a neurotransmitter, neurohormone or neuromodulator.
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