Definition of "neuromodulator" [neuromodulator]

• A substance other than a neurotransmitter, released by a neuron at a synapse and conveying information to adjacent or distant neurons, either enhancing or dampening their activities. (noun)

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• "Strict: Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects."
• "Finally, you ignore the vast scientific literature showing that gay subjects have physically different neuroanatomies and certain neuromodulator levels than straight subjects."
• "These similarities likely occur because in both insects and mammals the biogenic amine neuromodulator systems disrupted by cocaine perform similar roles as modulators of reward and motor systems."