They observed hundreds of presynaptic terminals simultaneously releasing the neurotransmitter. It turns out that all the compounds they had made covered a range of lipophilicities, and FFN511 was ...

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.

Neurotransmitters are biological molecules that are secreted by neurons and that alter the behaviour of their target neurons or effector cells. Release of hunger-promoting and satiety-promoting ...

Recreational drugs can affect neurotransmitters in the reward pathway within the brain. They can act as either agonists or antagonists. Recreational drugs can also stimulate the release of ...