Recent advances in measurement techniques have shed light on the different roles of various biomolecules during frightening ...

Neurotransmitters play a major role in everyday life and functioning. Scientists do not yet know exactly how many neurotransmitters exist, but more than 60 distinct chemical messengers have been ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2010;55(2):90-100. While serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine are the primary neurotransmitters, their function is affected by other cotransmitters, the neuropeptides ...

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, meaning it decreases a neuron's likelihood to fire. On the other hand, glutamate is an ...