neurotransmission

noun

neu·​ro·​trans·​mis·​sion ˌnu̇r-ō-tran(t)s-ˈmi-shən 

-tranz-,

ˌnyu̇r-

: the transmission of nerve impulses across a synapse

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Additionally, nootropic supplements support a range of cerebral functions that help with intracellular signaling, neurotransmission, and molecular processes. —Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023

For example, Omega-3 fatty acids help your brain process emotional behavior and aid serotonin neurotransmission needed to regulate your mood. —Ashley Abramson, Health, 23 Jan. 2023

The discovery of taste receptors in the small intestine, however, suggested that there may be a faster, more direct line of communication via neurotransmission. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023

The mechanism is unclear but many speculate that the parasite’s location in such a privileged spot in the brain may affect neuro-immunomodulation and neurotransmission (f). —Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2011

Others may improve brain health by supporting cerebral functions like molecular processes, neurotransmission, and intracellular signaling. —Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022

Monoaminergic neurotransmission: the history of the discovery of antidepressants from 1950s until today. —Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2016

In middle age, Efim had turned to biophysics, focussing on neurotransmission, and had won the U.S.S.R. State Prize, the highest honor for a Soviet scientist. —Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022

In a final set of experiments, as an indirect test that HVC was inhibited while hearing the partner, the birds were anesthetized with a substance that blocks inhibitory neurotransmission in the brain. —Melissa J. Coleman, Scientific American, 13 July 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

neurotransmission

noun

neu·​ro·​trans·​mis·​sion -tran(t)s-ˈmish-ən, -tranz- 

: the transmission of nerve impulses across a synapse