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'''Neurotransmitters''' are endogenous chemical messengers that transmit signals between [[Neuron|neurons]], or from neurons to other cells.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1LcsCQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA80&vq=neurotransmitters&pg=PA81#v=snippet&q=neurotransmitters&f=false | title = An Introduction to Neuroendocrinology | last =  | first = |publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2015|isbn=978-0-521-80647-3|editor-last=Wilkinson|editor-first=Michael|editor-link=|location= | pages = 79-114|language=en|chapter=Neurotransmitters|quote=|editor-last2 = Brown|editor- first2 = Richard E.|editor-link2=}}</ref> Neurotransmitters may transmit signals across neuromuscular junctions, between muscle cells, gland cells, and [[immune cell]]s.
'''Neurotransmitters''' are endogenous chemical messengers that transmit signals between [[Neuron|neurons]], or from neurons to other cells.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1LcsCQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA80&vq=neurotransmitters&pg=PA81#v=snippet&q=neurotransmitters&f=false | title = An Introduction to Neuroendocrinology | last =  | first = |publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2015|isbn=978-0-521-80647-3|editor-last=Wilkinson|editor- first = Michael|editor-link=|location= | pages = 79-114|language=en|chapter=Neurotransmitters|quote=|editor-last2 = Brown|editor- first2 = Richard E.|editor-link2=}}</ref> Neurotransmitters may transmit signals across neuromuscular junctions, between muscle cells, gland cells, and [[immune cell]]s.


Over 100 substances that act as neurotransmitters to have been identified. The most common are:
Over 100 substances that act as neurotransmitters to have been identified. The most common are:

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Neurotransmitters are endogenous chemical messengers that transmit signals between neurons, or from neurons to other cells.[1] Neurotransmitters may transmit signals across neuromuscular junctions, between muscle cells, gland cells, and immune cells.

Over 100 substances that act as neurotransmitters to have been identified. The most common are:

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  1. Wilkinson; Brown, eds. (2015). "Neurotransmitters". An Introduction to Neuroendocrinology. Cambridge University Press. pp. 79–114. ISBN 978-0-521-80647-3. Unknown parameter |editor- first= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |editor- first2= ignored (help)