Mar 14, 2022 · What are neurotransmitters? Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that your body can’t function without. Their job is to carry chemical signals (“messages”) from one …

Mar 23, 2022 · Dopamine is a neurotransmitter made in your brain. It plays a role as a “reward center” and in many body functions, including memory, movement, motivation, mood, attention …

What is acetylcholine (ACh)? Acetylcholine (ACh) is a neurotransmitter, a chemical that carries messages from your brain to your body through nerve cells. It’s an excitatory neurotransmitter. …

Apr 25, 2022 · Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a neurotransmitter, a chemical messenger in your brain. It slows down your brain by blocking specific signals in your central nervous system …

May 19, 2022 · Endorphins are a type of neurotransmitter, or messenger in your body. They attach to your brain’s reward centers (opioid receptors) and carry signals across your nervous …

Apr 25, 2022 · As a message or signal travels along a nerve cell, the electrical charge of the signal causes the vesicles of neurotransmitters — in this case, glutamate — to be released …

What is norepinephrine? Norepinephrine, also called noradrenaline, is both a neurotransmitter and a hormone. As a neurotransmitter, it’s a chemical messenger that helps transmit nerve …

Mar 18, 2022 · Dopamine and serotonin are both neurotransmitters. This means they are chemical message carriers between nerve cells in the brain as well as to and from other areas …

Mar 27, 2022 · Epinephrine, also known as adrenaline, is both a neurotransmitter and a hormone. Epinephrine plays an important role in your body’s fight-or-flight response.

Apr 25, 2022 · Somatostatin also stops the unnatural rapid reproduction of cells such as those that may form tumors. In addition, somatostatin acts as a neurotransmitter in your central …