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n. - A chemical substance that sends nerve impulses across a synapse.

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  • If that neurotransmitter is not cleared away, it would like having a continuous signal going on.
  • Serotonin was primarily known as a neurotransmitter acting in the brain.
  • Prior to this discovery, serotonin was primarily known as a neurotransmitter acting in the brain.
  • "A view has emerged to counter the image that a neurotransmitter is the little Bacchus of our brain."
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