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Neurotransmitter Agents

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Definition: 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.  general; prefer specifics   
Examples Adrenergic Agents; Cholinergic Agents; Dopamine Agents; Endocannabinoids; Excitatory Amino Acid Agents; GABA Agents; Glycine Agents; Histamine Agents; Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors; Purinergic Agents; Serotonin Agents 		Other names Neurohumors; Transmitter Substances, Nerve; Substances, Nerve Transmitter; Neurotransmitters; Neurotransmitter; Neurosteroids; Neuroregulators; Neuroregulator; Neuromodulators; Neuromodulator; Neurohormones; Nerve Transmitter Substances
Substances having this pharmacologic action: Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-; Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-; Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; Physalaemin; Substance P; alpha-Endorphin; gamma-Endorphin; Excitatory Amino Acids; Opioid Peptides; Nitric Oxide; Kassinin; Neurokinin B; Neurokinin A; Tachykinins; Dynorphins; beta-Endorphin; Bombesin; Eledoisin; Endorphins; Enkephalin, Leucine; Enkephalin, Methionine; Enkephalins; Delta Sleep-Inducing Peptide; orexins; alanyl-prolyl-glycyl-tryptophanamide
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
credneramide B  0   *Amines *Fatty Acids Neurotransmitter Agents. J Nat Prod. 2012 Jan 27;75(1):60-6
credneramide A  0   *Phenethylamines *Fatty Acids Neurotransmitter Agents. J Nat Prod. 2012 Jan 27;75(1):60-6
SLC6A20 protein, human  0   *Membrane Transport Proteins Neurotransmitter Agents. Genomics 2001 Apr 1;73(1):10-9
system N protein 1  0   *Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral Neurotransmitter Agents. Cell 1999 Dec 23;99(7):769-80
disprocynium 24  149578-82-5   *Quinolines Neurotransmitter Agents/antagonists & inhibitors. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 1996 Aug-Sep;354(3):268-74
cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript protein  0   *Nerve Tissue Proteins Neurotransmitter Agents. Gene 1996 Mar 9;169(2):241-5
2-arachidonylglycerol  53847-30-6 5,8,11,14-Eicosatetraenoic acid, 2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethyl ester, (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)  *Arachidonic Acids *Glycerides Neurotransmitter Agents.
Pharma Action Endocannabinoids 		Biochem Pharmacol 1995 Jun 29;50(1):83-90
cysteine sulfinic acid  2381-08-0   Cysteine/*analogs & derivatives Neurotransmitter Agents. Anal Biochem 1980;101(2):288; Anal Biochem 76(1):233;1976; Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1979;90(2):447; Eur Urol 4:204;1978

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