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gliotransmitters

gliotransmitters is the plural of gliotransmitter.

Meaning of gliotransmitter

Noun

gliotransmitter (plural gliotransmitters)

  1. A chemical, released from glial cells, that facilitates neuronal communication between neurons and other glial cells.
    • Furthermore, our findings suggest that adenosine is the primary, if not sole, gliotransmitter responsible for the modulation of mouse spinal locomotor networks.2015 August 8, “Stimulation of Glia Reveals Modulation of Mammalian Spinal Motor Networks by Adenosine”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about gliotransmitters

What is gliotransmitters the plural of?
Gliotransmitters is the plural of gliotransmitter.

Words near gliotransmitters in the dictionary

  1. gliotoxin
  2. gliotoxins
  3. gliotransmission
  4. gliotransmissions
  5. gliotransmitter
  6. gliotransmitters
  7. gliotrophic
  8. gliotrophin
  9. gliotrophins
  10. gliotype
  11. gliotypes

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