6 sentences with “neurotransmitters”

There are several other very important neurotransmitters chemically related to each other under the common label of catecholamines.

The renowned researcher Isaac Asimov postulates the possibility of capturing the instant and the path in which neurotransmitters send orders by analysing the electromagnetic field formed or by studying the ionisation recorded in that millisecond.

According to some experts, all aspects of human activity are governed by neurotransmitters, whose activity is genetically determined and can only be altered by accidents that damage the transmission system or by the abuse of drugs or psychotropic medication.

The substances that act as neurotransmitters of the message that triggers the response are hormones produced by the brain - such as noradrenaline and dopamine, housed in the hypothalamus and subthalamic structures - or by the adrenal glands, as in the case of adrenaline.

It can no longer be disputed that brain neurochemistry - the activity and concentration of neurotransmitters, chemical messengers that carry stimuli from neuron to neuron - is a delicate mechanism where any alteration translates into psychological disorders ranging from simple tics to schizophrenia, deep depression or Parkinson's disease.

As soon as we become aware of danger, the warning signal is sent to the nerve centres producing catecholamines - specific neurotransmitters related to fear - among which adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine, all three of which are composed of phenylalanine and tyrosine, two amino acids of fundamental importance in the reactions of alarm, adaptation and inhibition, stand out.