Neurotransmitter
links: reference: 5-4-2021
Neurotransmitters #
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The main types are:
- Amino Acid, such as Glutamate and Glycine.
- Monoamines (biogenic amines) such as Dopamine.
- Indolamines
- Imiadazole amine(s): Histamine.
- Purines such as ATP or Adenosine.
- Doesn’t count as a classical NT since it is not stored in vesicles.
- Others such as Acetylcholine, Endocannabinoids.
- Gasotransmitters, such as Nitric Oxide and carbon monoxide.
- Lipid-soluble, so they can pass the cellular membrane.
- Neuropeptide/Peptides, such as Oxytocin. Their excitatory or inhibitory effect ultimately depends on the Neuroreceptors. I.e, acetylcholine is inhibitory at the heart, but excitatory in skeletal muscle.
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