neurotransmission
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of neurotransmission
First recorded in 1960–65; neuro- + transmission
Example Sentences
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The excessively high neurotransmission that results produces the symptoms we know as epilepsy.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
Specifically, those that involve dysfunction in synaptic vesicle recycling and neurotransmission, says Kravčenko.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
“The neurotransmission flow indicates that the recent Daring Experience was unpleasant. Would you like to file a report of user dissatisfaction?”
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2023
This inhibition of the enzyme essentially increases neurotransmission at synapses that release acetylcholine.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Piekarski, D. J., Boivin, J. R. & Wilbrecht, L. Ovarian hormones organize the maturation of inhibitory neurotransmission in the frontal cortex at puberty onset in female mice.
From Nature • Feb. 20, 2018
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