neurotransmitter system
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neurotransmitter
noun[C]
uk/ˌnjʊə.rəʊ.trænzˈmɪt.ər/us/ˌnʊr.oʊ.trænsˈmɪt̬.ɚ/
a chemical that carries messages between neurons or between neurons ...
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system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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Functioning of the dopamineneurotransmittersystemis also crucial to reward processing.
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The role of in vivoneurotransmittersystemimaging studies in understanding major depression.
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Using an indirect and non-conscious influence, for instance through a non-specificneurotransmittersystem such as dopamine, the device influences cognitive processing.
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The dissociation (or lack of it) of theseneurotransmittersystemabnormalities is not directly addressed.
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Each episode of depression makes it easier for theneurotransmittersystemto become deregulated.
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Thus, pain can often be managed using psychoactives that operate on thisneurotransmittersystem, also known as opioid receptor agonists.
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Sleep deprivation and light therapy both target the same brainneurotransmittersystemand brain areas as antidepressant drugs, and are now used clinically to treat depression.
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They claim these results are consistent with the glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia, which proposes that dysfunction in thisneurotransmittersystemleads to abnormal neural activity underlying this disorder.
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It and the associated neurons form aneurotransmittersystem, the cholinergic system from the brainstem and basal forebrain that projects axons to many areas of the brain.
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Indeed, they must be complementary, as the neurotransmitter systems involved are very different, but both have modulatory or coordinating functions.
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It is likely that the neural mechanisms underlying threat perception - like most behaviors studied - involve a number of different neurotransmitter systems.
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Such parallel findings point to an intimate relationship between the neurotransmitter systems targeted by drugs and the circadian rhythms targeted by chronotherapeutics.
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Two other chapters in this section cover the neuron, which is the brain's ' microprocessor ' and the many different neurotransmitter systems.
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Coordinated transitions in neurotransmitter systems for the initiation and propagation of spontaneous retinal waves.
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A similar protracted period of development is suggested by animal studies of the neurotransmitter systems mediating prefrontal activity.
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As a neuromodulater, serotonin also regulates other neurotransmitter systems involved in mood and anxiety.
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The maternal deprivation and postnatal handling animal studies highlight the importance of early experience on the development of the brain and multiple neurotransmitter systems.
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Thus, depression would be expected to involve unusual functioning in brain regions or neurotransmitter systems related to reward and approach.
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These neurotransmitter systems and neuroendocrine axis interact with the serotonin system and are also implicated in mood and anxiety disorders.
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There may not be a direct correspondence between a particular state of neurotransmitter systems and psychopathology.
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