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MONOAMINE NEUROTRANSMITTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monoamine neurotransmitter mean? 

MONOAMINE NEUROTRANSMITTER (noun)
  The noun MONOAMINE NEUROTRANSMITTER has 1 sense:

1. a monoamine that is functionally important in neural transmissionplay

  Familiarity information: MONOAMINE NEUROTRANSMITTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONOAMINE NEUROTRANSMITTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A monoamine that is functionally important in neural transmission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("monoamine neurotransmitter" is a kind of...):

monoamine (a molecule containing one amine group (especially one that is a neurotransmitter))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monoamine neurotransmitter"):

noradrenaline; norepinephrine (a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses)

5-hydroxytryptamine; serotonin (a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory)

dopamine; Dopastat; Intropin (a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension)


 Context examples 


Any process which reduces the steady-state level or inhibits the release of the monoamine neurotransmitter serotonin, resulting in diminished or abbreviated neurotransmission.

(Negative Regulation of Serotonin Release, NCI Thesaurus)



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