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A neurotransmitter is a signaling molecule secreted by a neuron to affect another cell across a synapse. The cell receiving the signal, or target cell, may be another neuron, but could also be a gland or muscle cell.
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TTTA extracted 188 structured relationships around Neurotransmitter. Examples in this analysis include Neurotransmitter → is a → signaling molecule secreted by a neuron to affect another cell across a synapse and amino acids → instance of → Many neurotransmitters are synthesized from simple and plentiful precursors. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neurotransmitter | is a | signaling molecule secreted by a neuron to affect another cell across a synapse | 0.90 | text |
| amino acids | instance of | Many neurotransmitters are synthesized from simple and plentiful precursors | 0.80 | text |
| which are readily available | instance of | Many neurotransmitters are synthesized from simple and plentiful precursors | 0.80 | text |
| often require a small number of biosynthetic steps for conversion.Neurotransmitters are essential to the function of complex neural systems | instance of | Many neurotransmitters are synthesized from simple and plentiful precursors | 0.80 | text |
| nitric oxide | instance of | Metabolic products | 0.80 | text |
| carbon monoxide have also been reported to act like neurotransmitters.StorageNeurotransmitters are generally stored in synaptic vesicles | instance of | Metabolic products | 0.80 | text |
| clustered close to the cell membrane at the axon terminal of the presynaptic neuron | instance of | Metabolic products | 0.80 | text |
| carbon monoxide have also been reported to act like neurotransmitters | instance of | Metabolic products | 0.80 | text |
| changing the structure of the synapse.Communicate by sending reverse-direction messages that affect the release or reuptake of transmitters.The anatomical localization of neurotransmitters is typically determined using immunocytochemical techniques | instance of | but have a common carrying function | 0.80 | text |
| which identify the location of either the transmitter substances themselves or of the enzymes that are involved in their synthesis | instance of | but have a common carrying function | 0.80 | text |
| staining | instance of | Various techniques and experiments | 0.80 | text |
| stimulating | instance of | Various techniques and experiments | 0.80 | text |
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For Neurotransmitter, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Neurotransmitter with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Neurotransmitter to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Mechanism and cycle, Actions & Types, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Neurotransmitter · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout