How to Use neurotransmitter in a Sentence

neurotransmitter

noun

• In fact, the ENS uses the same neurotransmitters as the brain.
  — Paul Root Wolpe, Vox, 2 Apr. 2018
• While many of its specific functions are still unclear, estrogen seems to help maintain bone structure, keep cardiac cells healthy, and even act as a neurotransmitter in the brain.
  — Celia Ford, Vox, 12 Aug. 2024
• Alcohol, on the other hand, slows the functioning of neurotransmitters in your brain, which carry messages between your neurons.
  — Nina Bahadur, SELF, 12 Feb. 2018
• In general, antidepressants alter the levels of neurotransmitters, like serotonin and dopamine, in the brain.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 11 Apr. 2018
• Required for chemical reactions in the body and for making amino acids, collagen, neurotransmitters and hormones.
  — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• Mood swings Iron affects neurotransmitters—the chemicals that your brain uses to communicate between cells.
  — Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2024
• Opioid receptors are located in parts of the brain that are also heavily involved in the reward system and interact with the neurotransmitter dopamine.
  — Tessie Castillo, SELF, 6 Mar. 2018
• Hemby has found that kratom's principal chemicals do bond to opioid receptors and cause opioid-like effects such as pain relief and a euphoric rush from a release of the neurotransmitter dopamine.
  — Dennis Thompson, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2018
• There is a neurotransmitter in the brain called dopamine that is the brain’s reward chemical.
  — Washington Post, 10 June 2021
• The drug floods the brain with hormones and neurotransmitters that evoke feelings of trust and well-being, users report.
  — Author: Dave Philipps, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2018
• This is when the dopamine drops off, and so does serotonin, a neurotransmitter often linked to feelings of well-being.
  — Florence Williams, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022
• As the hormones poured out of me, my neurotransmitters went into shock.
  — Minhae Shim Roth, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2020
• Most of the neurotransmitters in our brain are made by bacteria living in our guts.
  — Tobias Rees, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2019
• First, a primer on dopamine Dopamine, also known as one of the feel-good hormones, is a neurotransmitter that acts as part of your brain’s reward system.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 19 July 2023
• And the neurotransmitter is just one in a litany of brain chemicals active in a single region of the brain, Campbell says.
  — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2023
• As with all migraines, the nerve endings and tissue that surround the brain become swollen and a neurotransmitter called CGRP spikes.
  — Katy Schneider, The Cut, 22 May 2018
• What is dopamine? Dopamine, also known as the feel-good hormone, is a neurotransmitter that acts as part of your brain’s reward system.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 12 June 2023
• Addyi, on the other hand, targets neurotransmitters in the brain like serotonin and dopamine.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 14 June 2018
• This enzyme plays a role in the creation of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 8 Dec. 2022
• Adding to the feel-good cocktail is the fact that viewing attractive people tends to trigger the release of the feel-good neurotransmitter dopamine, Dr. Fisher adds.
  — Dina Cheney, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2020
• Dopamine is known as one of the reward- and pleasure-inducing neurotransmitters.
  — NBC News, 27 Feb. 2020
• According to Cooke, poor light has been shown to inhibit neurotransmitters in the brains of newborns.
  — Jennifer Fernandez, House Beautiful, 19 Dec. 2018
• When the synapsin is phosphorylated, the droplet rapidly dissipates and the vesicles are freed to spill the neurotransmitters into the synapse.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 Nov. 2018
• In the brain, this neurotransmitter helps us form new memories and later retrieve them.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 27 June 2019
• The drug triggers a huge release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that creates feelings of pleasure and rewards.
  — Jon Kamp, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
• Mothers and daughters, sons and fathers, wrestling with illnesses that surge and recede in waves and cycles, with neurotransmitters the tides.
  — Laura Zera, New York Times, 22 June 2018
• This in turn triggers a person's reward center in their brain to release dopamine, the neurotransmitter involved in pleasure and salience.
  — Anne McCarthy, Wired, 21 Mar. 2021
• This is because their effect on the neurotransmitter dopamine may have the potential to increase the levels of the hormone prolactin in the body, which can lead to anovulation in some people.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Jan. 2019
• The microbiome is also involved in the production of neurotransmitters and of fatty acids, which is thought to help the gut and brain communicate.4 There’s much that’s unknown, but the gut and the brain likely have a strong connection.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 24 July 2023
• There are more than 100 of these chemicals (neurotransmitters) and many neurons release more than one.
  — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 3 Oct. 2018

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024