Sames and members of his lab are skilled at chemical synthesis and were recently ... developed for an enzyme that metabolizes monoamine neurotransmitters. Sulzer thought the project would be ...

Valenstein is surprised by the persistent reluctance to accept chemical neurotransmitters in the brain, but the scientists who had established chemical transmission in the peripheral nervous ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DOMedically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Neurotransmitters are chemicals involved in nerve function. Their actions impact mood, movement, and survival.

Novel tools that allow neuron-specific investigations of the structure controlling sleep regulation in fruit flies reveal the extent of neuronal heterogeneity.

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.

Phthalates — the synthetic chemicals used in everyday products ... exposure to phthalates is linked with altered metabolism of neurotransmitters and amino acids involved in brain maturation ...