Concept information
Preferred term
Neurotransmitter Agents
Type
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Definition
- 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. 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. Substances secreted by neurons into the blood, CNS, or intercellular space.
Narrower concepts
- Adrenergic Agents
- Cannabinoid Receptor Modulators
- Cholinergic Agents
- Dopamine Agents
- Excitatory Amino Acid Agents
- GABA Agents
- Gasotransmitters
- Glycine Agents
- Histamine Agents
- Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists
- Neurosteroids
- Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
- Orexin Receptor Antagonists
- Purinergic Agents
- Serotonin Agents
Synonym(s)
- Neurotransmitter Agent
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- administration & dosage (Qualifier)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- agonists (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- antagonists & inhibitors (Qualifier)
- biosynthesis (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemical synthesis (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- deficiency (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pharmacokinetics (Qualifier)
- pharmacology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- therapeutic use (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Agents neurotransmetteurs
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XRDBWGV9-R
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