a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…
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a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory
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a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology.a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology.the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology.the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology.a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology.the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the acti…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience biology.(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry.RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry.a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry.a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry.one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA mole…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…
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In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the Frenc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an at…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: neurotransmitter, involved, sleep, depression, memory.
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