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Clinical Biochemistry of Neurotransmitters

Clinical Biochemistry of Neurotransmitters — Expert Level

How it begins

La neurotransmisión química es el proceso fundamental mediante el cual las neuronas se comunican con sus células efectoras. El inicio de este evento radica en la conversión de una señal eléctrica (el potencial de acción) en una señal química difusible. Este transductor biológico depende de la apertura regulada de los canales de calcio dependientes de voltaje (VGCC) de tipo N y P/Q, ubicados en densidades críticas de…

What it covers

  1. Excitation-Secretion Coupling and Vesicular Machinery
  2. Excitatory Amino Acids: The Glutamatergic System
  3. · Glutamate Receptors
  4. Inhibitory Amino Acids: The GABAergic and Glycinergic Systems
  5. · γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
  6. · Glycine
  7. Cholinergic Transmission
  8. · Biosynthesis and Storage
  9. · Cholinergic Receptors
  10. · Neurotransmitter Elimination: Enzymatic Degradation
  11. The Dopaminergic System
  12. · Biosynthesis and Storage
  13. · Dopaminergic Receptors
  14. · Main Dopaminergic Pathways of the Brain
  15. The Noradrenergic and Adrenergic System
  16. · Vesicular Biosynthesis and Storage
  17. · Adrenergic Receptors
  18. The Serotoninergic and Histaminergic Systems
  19. · Serotonin
  20. · Histamine
  21. Purinergic Transmission
  22. · ATP as a Vesicular Neurotransmitter
  23. · Purinergic Signaling: The Concept of Ectonucleotidases
  24. · Purinergic Receptors
  25. Endogenous Neuropeptides and Opioids
  26. · Biosynthesis, Processing and Axonal Transport
  27. · The Endogenous Opioid System
  28. Transmitter Gases and Retrograde Messengers
  29. · Transmitting Gases (Gasotransmitters)
  30. · Retrograde Signaling by Endocannabinoids
  31. Compendium of Clinical Correlations and Drug Targets

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Subject
Biochemistry
Category
Basic Sciences
Type
Study Guide
Sections
31
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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