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Neurotransmitters and Neurotransmitter Agents

Medical Definition: A collective grouping for neurotransmitters and substances that act on the neurotransmitter system.
Guide Notes: not used for indexing; NEUROTRANSMITTERS & NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS are available CATALOG: do not use
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Canadian Medical Guide Definition Neurotransmitter Agents - Substances used for their pharmacological actions on any aspect of neurotransmitter systems. Neurotransmitter agents include agonists, antagonists, degradation inhibitors, uptake inhibitors, depleters, precursors, and modulators of receptor function.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Neurotransmitters - Endogenous signaling molecules secreted by neurons that alter the behavior of neurons or effector cells. Neurotransmitter is used here in its most general sense, including not only messengers that act directly to regulate ion channels, but also those that act through second messenger systems, and those that act at a distance from their site of release. Included are neuromodulators, neuroregulators, neuromediators, neurohormones, and neurohumors, whether or not acting at synapses.

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