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• Neuroproteomics
  ...properly. Drugs such as morphine change properties such as cell adhesion, neurotransmitter volume, and synaptic traffic. After significant morphine application, tyro ...o physically injuring the brain tissue, traumatic brain injury induces the release of glutamate that interacts with ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs).
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• Vagusstoff
  ...onfirmation of chemical [[synapse|synaptic transmission]] and the first [[neurotransmitter]] ever discovered. It was later confirmed to be [[acetylcholine]], which wa ...later confirmed to be [[acetylcholine]] and was found to be the principal neurotransmitter in the [[parasympathetic nervous system]].
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• Dale's principle
  ...on]]. When the wave reaches a synapse, it provokes release of a puff of [[neurotransmitter]] molecules, which bind to chemical receptor molecules located in the membr ...Eccles himself in later publications, have taken it to mean that ''neurons release the same set of transmitters at all of their synapses''.
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• Excitotoxicity
  ...and voltage dependent Ca²⁺ channels (VDCC) with high glutamate release, which is taken up again by EAAT1 and EAAT2. This results in a small rise i ...s. This occurs when [[cell surface receptor|receptors]] for the excitatory neurotransmitter [[glutamic acid|glutamate]] ([[glutamate receptor]]s) such as the [[NMDA re
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• Vesicular monoamine transporter
  ...neurotransmitters into vesicles. The result is increased neurotransmitter release that is not dependent on the phasic activity of the presynaptic cell. *{{cite journal |author=Kilbourn MR |title=In vivo radiotracers for vesicular neurotransmitter transporters |journal=Nucl. Med. Biol. |volume=24 |issue=7 |pages=615–9 |
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• Neurochemical
  ...secrete with glutamate or GABA. Glutamate is excitatory, meaning that the release of glutamate by one cell usually causes adjacent cells to fire an [[action **[[Gamma-aminobutyric acid|GABA]] is an example of an inhibitory neurotransmitter.
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• Signal transduction
  ...l-triphosphate]] (IP₃), [[IP3|IP₃]], controlling the release of intracellular calcium stores into the cytoplasm (see [[signal transducti ...; Many receptors make up this family, including [[adrenergic receptor]]s, neurotransmitter receptors, [[olfactory receptor]]s, [[opioid receptor]]s, [[chemokine recep
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• Methadone
  ...antagonist]] against [[glutamate]]. Glutamate is the primary excitatory [[neurotransmitter]] in the [[central nervous system|CNS]]. NMDA receptors have a very importa ...et al. 2005. Driving capacity of patients treated with methadone and slow-release oral morphine. Addiction 100 (7): 1027.</ref> Drug abuse patients had signi
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• Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
  ...nducted in the early 1960s by Dr. [[Henri Laborit]] to use in studying the neurotransmitter [[GABA receptor|GABA]].<ref>{{cite journal | author = H. Laborit, J.M. Joua ...ybutyric acid (GHB) and gamma-aminobutyric acidB (GABAB) receptor-mediated release of GABA and glutamate (GLU) in rat thalamic ventrobasal nucleus (VB): a pos
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