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neurotransmitter


Any one of a number of chemicals that are used to transmit nerve signals across a synapse. They are sprayed from the end of the “upstream” nerve cell and absorbed by receptors in the “downstream” cell.	1
‡ Drugs like Prozac and alcohol affect the emission and reception of neurotransmitters.	2

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