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MeSH Heading: Neurotransmitter Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.519.625; D27.505.696.577
Unique ID: D018377
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018377
Annotation: general; prefer specifics
Scope Note: Substances used for their pharmacological actions on any aspect of neurotransmitter systems. Neurotransmitter agents include agonists, antagonists, degradation inhibitors, uptake inhibitors, depleters, precursors, and modulators of receptor function.
Entry Term(s): Nerve Transmitter Substance; Nerve Transmitter Substances; Neurohormone; Neurohormones; Neurohumor; Neurohumors; Neuromodulator; Neuromodulators; Neuroregulator; Neuroregulators; Neurotransmitter; Neurotransmitter Agent; Neurotransmitters; Substances, Nerve Transmitter; Transmitter Substances, Nerve
Public MeSH Note: 1998; for NEUROTRANSMITTERS see NEUROTRANSMITTERS 1968-2005; NEUROTRANSMITTERS was NEUROREGULATORS 1980-94, was NEUROHUMORS 1968-79, NEUROREGULATORS 1977-94
History Note: 1998; use explode 1995-1997
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0014762
Scope Note: Endogenous signaling molecules secreted by neurons that alter the behavior of neurons or effector cells. Neurotransmitter is used here in its most general sense, including not only messengers that act directly to regulate ion channels, but also those that act through second messenger systems, and those that act at a distance from their site of release. Included are neuromodulators, neuroregulators, neuromediators, neurohormones, and neurohumors, whether or not acting at synapses.
Terms: Neurotransmitters Preferred Term
Term UI T028288
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1968); Substances, Nerve Transmitter
Term UI T028279
Date12/31/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Transmitter Substances, Nerve
Term UI T028280
Date12/31/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Nerve Transmitter Substances
Term UI T028281
Date12/31/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Nerve Transmitter Substance
Term UI T000997660
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Neurotransmitter
Term UI T028287
Date03/31/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995)

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