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What are neurotransmitters which are found in the nervous system?
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Nerve/command signals are sent from one place to another in the body through conductors called nerve fibers. These conductors can hand-off/relay these signals to other nerve fibers, or to organs, such as muscles, that take action on the command. Neurotransmitters are chemical substances located where the nerve hands off these signals. They enable the signal to pass the nerve carrying the signal to the receiving fiber.
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∙ 13y agoNeurotransmitters are chemicals found within the nervous system that facilitate nerve cell communication.
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Where are neurotransmitters found in the body?
Neurotransmitters are found in the axonal terminals of a neuron in the peripheral nervous system (or PNS). An example of a neurotransmitter is neurepinephrin.
Based on the main neurotransmitters the sympathetic nervous system can be classified as what?
The sympathetic nervous system can be classified as adrenergic, based on the main neurotransmitters used.
What system in the body releases neurotransmitters?
The Central Nervous System.
The neurotransmitters acetylcholine performs what two functions?
it acts as just a neurotransmitter for both the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system
Are endorphins neurotransmitters?
Yes, endorphins are brain chemicals known as neurotransmitters. They transmit electrical signals within the nervous system.
Which subdivision of the autonomic nervous system operates using the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and epinephrime?
sympathetic
Chemicals that facilitate the movement of impulses at synapses?
Neurotransmitters the are means by which neurons communicate with one another. There are more than 30 compounds known to be neurotransmitters, and dozens of others are thought to be so. You will only find them in the peripheral nervous system as the central nervous system uses mainly electrical signals.
What substance excites the nervous system?
The nervous system responds to stimuli, that is referred to as excitability. The chemicals that are involved in carrying the impulse from being excited are called neurotransmitters.
What is a system of membrane channels?
In the nervous system the system of membrane channels is called the neuroreceptors. Neurotransmitters use the neuroreceptors as binding sites.
What will happen to a person if his neurons fail to produce neurotransmitters?
The nervous system can't transmit messages without neurotransmitters. A person will die if his neurons fail to produce them.
What is a system of membrane channels called?
In the nervous system the system of membrane channels is called the neuroreceptors. Neurotransmitters use the neuroreceptors as binding sites.
In biology terms what is the tissue that carries messages throughout our bodies?
like in the nervous system? if that then they are called neurotransmitters
