Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemical substance or medical device that affects synaptic transmission in nerve cells.
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- noun neuroscience A substance other than a
neurotransmitter , released by aneuron at asynapse and conveying information to adjacent or distant neurons, either enhancing or dampening their activities.
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Examples
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Strict: Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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Strict: Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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These similarities likely occur because in both insects and mammals the biogenic amine neuromodulator systems disrupted by cocaine perform similar roles as modulators of reward and motor systems.
Bees On Cocaine Staq Mavlen 2008
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These similarities likely occur because in both insects and mammals the biogenic amine neuromodulator systems disrupted by cocaine perform similar roles as modulators of reward and motor systems.
Archive 2008-12-01 Staq Mavlen 2008
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Next to each entry, there is an image depicting the structural formula of a neurotransmitter, neurohormone or neuromodulator.
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Next to each entry, there is an image depicting the structural formula of a neurotransmitter, neurohormone or neuromodulator.
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