neurotransmitter

See also: Neurotransmitter

English

Etymology

neuro- +‎ transmitter.

Noun

neurotransmitter (plural neurotransmitters)

1. (biochemistry, neuroscience) Any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:neurotransmitter

Derived terms

• retrograde neurotransmitter

 

Translations

substance responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons

• Catalan: neurotransmissor m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 神經傳導物質／神经传导物质 (san⁴ ging¹ cyun⁴ dou⁶ mat⁶ zat¹), 神经传导物质 (san⁴ ging¹ cyun⁴ dou⁶ mat⁶ zat¹)

  Mandarin: 神經傳導物質／神经传导物质 (shénjīng chuándǎo wùzhì), 神经传导物质 (shénjīng zhuàndǎo wùzhí)

• Czech: neurotransmiter (cs) m
• Dutch: neurotransmitter (nl) m
• Esperanto: neŭrotransmisiilo, neŭrotransigilo
• Finnish: aivojen välittäjäaine, hermoston välittäjäaine, hermovälittäjäaine
• French: neurotransmetteur (fr) m
• Galician: neurotransmisor m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Neurotransmitter (de) m
• Greek: νευροδιαβιβαστής (el) m (nevrodiavivastís)
• Hungarian: neurotranszmitter (hu)
• Japanese: 神経伝達物質 (しんけいでんたつぶっしつ, shinkei dentatsu busshitsu)
• Korean: 신경전달물질 (sin'gyeongjeondalmuljil) (神經傳導物質)
• Persian: انتقال‌دهنده عصبی (fa) (enteqâl-dahande asabi)
• Portuguese: neurotransmissor m
• Russian: нейромедиа́тор (ru) m (nejromediátor), нейротрансми́ттер (ru) m (nejrotransmíttɛr)
• Spanish: neurotransmisor m

See also

• acetylcholine
• adenosine triphosphate
• serotonin
• dopamine
• norepinephrine