Sentences with phrase «type of chemical messenger»

Conventionally, one or more peptides fit into a receptor to release a single type of chemical messenger.

Not exact matches

WHEN DISCUSSING neurotransmitters, most people think of the classical neurotransmitters, such as dopamine and serotonin — the primary chemical messengers used by neurons to communicate with one another and with other types of cells.

Multiple types of neurons communicate by secreting the same major chemical messengers: serotonin (red), dopamine and norepinephrine (yellow) and acetylcholine (cyan).

Not really controversial, and neither is the fact that hormones, genetics, and chemical messengers (and sometimes things like drugs and lack of food or certain types of food) play a huge role in either making this or not making this happen (as have shown above).

In general, these types of fatty acids trigger chemical messengers in our bodies that are pro-inflammatory.

These hormones, of which there are many different types, act as chemical messengers in humans and in animals, telling the body how to behave — for example, growth hormone tells the body to build muscle mass.