neurotransmitter

From neuro- +‎ transmitter.

neurotransmitter (plural neurotransmitters)

1. (biochemistry, neuroscience) Any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons.
   • 1993, Octavia Butler, chapter 2, in The Parable of the Sower:

     Anyway, my neurotransmitters are scrambled and they're going to stay scrambled. But I can do okay as long as other people don't know about me.

   • 2016, David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing is Hidden, page 142:

     Together with this is the influence of an infinite number of neurotransmitters, neurohormones, environmental hazards, and accidental programmings.

   • 2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.

• See also Thesaurus:neurotransmitter

• acetylcholine
• adenosine triphosphate
• serotonin
• dopamine
• norepinephrine