neurotransmitter

See also: Neurotransmitter

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Etymology

From neuro- +‎ transmitter.

Noun

neurotransmitter (plural neurotransmitters)

1. (biochemistry, neuroscience) Any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons.
   • 2016, David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing is Hidden, page 142:

     Together with this is the influence of an infinite number of neurotransmitters, neurohormones, environmental hazards, and accidental programmings.

   • 2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN‎:

     The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:neurotransmitter

Derived terms

• retrograde neurotransmitter

Translations

substance responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons

Arabic: نَاقِل عَصَبِيّ (ar) (nāqil ʕaṣabiyy) Catalan: neurotransmissor m Chinese: Cantonese: 神經傳導物質 / 神经传导物质 (san4 ging1 cyun4 dou6 mat6 zat1) Mandarin: 神經傳導物質 / 神经传导物质 (shénjīng chuándǎo wùzhì), 神經遞質 / 神经递质 (zh) (shénjīng dìzhì) Czech: neurotransmiter (cs) m, neuropřenašeč (cs) m Dutch: neurotransmitter (nl) m Esperanto: neŭrotransmisiilo, neŭrotransigilo Finnish: aivojen välittäjäaine, hermoston välittäjäaine, hermovälittäjäaine French: neurotransmetteur (fr) m Galician: neurotransmisor m German: Neurotransmitter (de) m Greek: νευροδιαβιβαστής (el) m (nevrodiavivastís) Hungarian: neurotranszmitter (hu), ingerületátvivő anyag sg Japanese: 神経伝達物質 (ja) (しんけいでんたつぶっしつ, shinkei dentatsu busshitsu) Korean: 신경전달물질(神經傳導物質) (sin'gyeongjeondalmuljil) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: demareguhêzer f Persian: انتقال‌دهنده عصبی (fa) (enteqâl-dahande 'asabi) Polish: mediator (pl) m, neuromediator m, neuroprzekaźnik (pl) m, neurotransmiter (pl) m Portuguese: neurotransmissor (pt) m Russian: нейромедиа́тор (ru) m (nejromediátor), нейротрансми́ттер (ru) m (nejrotransmíttɛr) Spanish: neurotransmisor m Swedish: signalsubstans (sv) c Thai: สารส่งผ่านประสาท Ukrainian: нейротрансмі́тер m (nejrotransmíter), нейромедіа́тор m (nejromediátor, literally “neuromediator”)

See also

• acetylcholine
• adenosine triphosphate
• serotonin
• dopamine
• norepinephrine