Editing Neurotransmitter (section)

===List of neurotransmitters, peptides, and gaseous signaling molecules===

{{incomplete list|date=January 2017}}
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! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | '''Category'''
! scope="col" style="width: 24%;" | '''Name'''
! scope="col" style="width: 6%;" class="unsortable" | <small>'''Abbreviation'''</small>
! scope="col" style="width: 31%;" | '''[[Metabotropic]]'''
! scope="col" style="width: 24%;" | '''[[Ionotropic]]'''
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|{{abbrlink| Small| Small molecule}}: [[Amino acid]]s ([[Arginine|Arg]]) || [[Arginine]] || Arg, R ||[[Alpha-2 adrenergic receptor|α<sub>2</sub>-Adrenergic receptor]]s, [[imidazoline receptor]]s || [[NMDA receptor]]s
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| Small: Amino acids || [[Aspartate]] || Asp, D || – || [[NMDA receptor]]s
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| Small: Amino acids || [[Glutamate]] || Glu, E ||[[Metabotropic glutamate receptor]]s || [[NMDA receptor]]s, [[kainate receptor]]s, [[AMPAR]]s
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| Small: Amino acids || [[Gamma-aminobutyric acid]] || GABA || [[GABAB receptor|GABA<sub>B</sub> receptor]]s || [[GABAA receptor|GABA<sub>A</sub> receptor]]s, [[GABAA-rho receptor|GABA<sub>A</sub>-ρ receptor]]s
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| Small: Amino acids || [[Glycine]] || Gly, G || – || [[NMDA receptor]]s, [[glycine receptor]]s
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| Small: Amino acids || [[D-serine|<small>D</small>-serine]] || Ser, S || – || [[NMDA receptor]]s
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| Small: Acetylcholine || [[Acetylcholine]] || ACh ||[[Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor]]s || [[Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor]]s
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| Small: [[Monoamine neurotransmitter|Monoamine]] ([[Phenylalanine|Phe]]/[[Tyrosine|Tyr]]) || [[Dopamine]] || DA || [[Dopamine receptor]]s, [[trace amine-associated receptor&nbsp;1]]<ref name="DA IUPHAR">{{cite web|title=Dopamine: Biological activity | url=http://www.guidetopharmacology.org/GRAC/LigandDisplayForward?tab=biology&ligandId=940|work=IUPHAR/BPS guide to pharmacology|publisher=International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Miller+Grandy 2016">{{cite journal | vauthors = Grandy DK, Miller GM, Li JX | title = "TAARgeting Addiction"--The Alamo Bears Witness to Another Revolution: An Overview of the Plenary Symposium of the 2015 Behavior, Biology and Chemistry Conference | journal = Drug and Alcohol Dependence | volume = 159 | pages = 9–16 | date = February 2016 | pmid = 26644139 | pmc = 4724540 | doi = 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.11.014 | quote = TAAR1 is a high-affinity receptor for METH/AMPH and DA }}</ref> || –
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| Small: Monoamine ([[Phenylalanine|Phe]]/[[Tyrosine|Tyr]]) || [[Norepinephrine]] (noradrenaline) || NE, NAd || [[Adrenergic receptor]]s || –
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| Small: Monoamine ([[Phenylalanine|Phe]]/[[Tyrosine|Tyr]]) || [[Epinephrine]] (adrenaline) || Epi, Ad || [[Adrenergic receptor]]s || –
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| Small: Monoamine ([[Tryptophan|Trp]]) || [[Serotonin]] (5-hydroxytryptamine) || 5-HT || [[Serotonin receptor]]s (all except 5-HT<sub>3</sub>) || [[5-HT3|5-HT<sub>3</sub>]]
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| Small: Monoamine ([[Histidine|His]]) || [[Histamine]] || H || [[Histamine receptor]]s || –
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| Small: [[Trace amine]] ([[Phenylalanine|Phe]]) || [[Phenethylamine]] || PEA || [[Trace amine-associated receptor]]s [[TAAR1]], [[TAAR2]] || –
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| Small: Trace amine ([[Phenylalanine|Phe]]) || [[N-methylphenethylamine|''N''-methylphenethylamine]] || NMPEA || [[TAAR1]] || –
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| Small: Trace amine ([[Phenylalanine|Phe]]/[[Tyrosine|Tyr]]) || [[Tyramine]] || TYR || [[TAAR1]], [[TAAR2]] || –
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| Small: Trace amine ([[Phenylalanine|Phe]]/[[Tyrosine|Tyr]]) || [[octopamine]] || Oct || [[TAAR1]] || –
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| Small: Trace amine ([[Phenylalanine|Phe]]/[[Tyrosine|Tyr]]) || [[Synephrine]] || Syn || [[TAAR1]] || –
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| Small: Trace amine ([[Tryptophan|Trp]]) || [[Tryptamine]] ||  || [[TAAR1]], various [[serotonin receptor]]s || –
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| Small: Trace amine ([[Tryptophan|Trp]]) || [[N-methyltryptamine|''N''-methyltryptamine]] || NMT || [[TAAR1]], various [[serotonin receptor]]s || –
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| Lipid || [[Anandamide]] || AEA || [[Cannabinoid receptor]]s || –
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| Lipid || [[2-Arachidonoylglycerol]] || 2-AG || [[Cannabinoid receptor]]s || –
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| Lipid || [[2-Arachidonyl glyceryl ether]] || 2-AGE || [[Cannabinoid receptor]]s || –
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| Lipid || [[N-Arachidonoyl dopamine|''N''-Arachidonoyl dopamine]] || NADA || [[Cannabinoid receptor]]s || [[TRPV1]]
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| Lipid || [[Virodhamine]] ||   || [[Cannabinoid receptor]]s || –
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| Small: [[Purine]] || [[Adenosine]] || Ado || [[Adenosine receptor]]s || –
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| Small: Purine || [[Adenosine triphosphate]] || ATP || [[P2Y receptor]]s || [[P2X receptor]]s
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| Small: Purine || [[Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide]] || β-NAD || [[P2Y receptor]]s || [[P2X receptor]]s
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! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | '''Category'''
! scope="col" style="width: 24%;" | '''Name'''
! scope="col" style="width: 6%;" class="unsortable" | <small>'''Abbreviation'''</small>
! scope="col" style="width: 31%;" | '''[[Metabotropic]]'''
! scope="col" style="width: 24%;" | '''[[Ionotropic]]'''
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| [[Bombesin-like peptides]]|| [[Bombesin]] ||  || BBR1-2-3 || –
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| Bombesin-like peptide|| [[Gastrin releasing peptide]] || GRP || – || –
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| Bombesin-like peptide|| [[Neuromedin B]] || NMB || [[Neuromedin B receptor]] || –
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| Bradykinins || [[Bradykinin]] ||   || [[Bradykinin receptor B1|B1]], [[Bradykinin receptor B2|B2]] || –
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| [[Amylin family|Calcitonin/CGRP family]]|| [[Calcitonin]] ||   || [[Calcitonin receptor]] || –
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| Amylin family|Calcitonin/CGRP family|| [[Calcitonin gene-related peptide]] || CGRP  || [[CALCRL]] || –
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| [[Corticotropin-releasing factor family|Corticotropin-releasing factors]]|| [[Corticotropin-releasing hormone]] || CRH || [[Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1|CRHR1]] || –
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| Corticotropin-releasing factors|| [[Urocortin]] ||  || [[Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1|CRHR1]] || –
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| Galanins || [[Galanin]] ||  || [[GALR1]], [[GALR2]], [[GALR3]] || –
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| Galanins || [[Galanin-like peptide]] ||  || [[GALR1]], [[GALR2]], [[GALR3]] || –
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| Gastrins || [[Gastrin]] ||  || [[Cholecystokinin B receptor]] || –
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| Gastrins || [[Cholecystokinin]] || CCK || [[Cholecystokinin receptor]]s || –
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| [[Granin]]s || [[Chromogranin A]] || ChgA || – || –
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| [[Melanocortin]]s || [[Adrenocorticotropic hormone]] || ACTH || [[ACTH receptor]] || –
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| Melanocortins || [[Proopiomelanocortin]] || POMC || [[Melanocortin 4 receptor]] || –
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| Melanocortins || [[Melanocyte-stimulating hormone]]s || MSH || [[Melanocortin receptor]]s || –
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| [[Neurohypophyseal]]s || [[Vasopressin]]  || AVP || [[Vasopressin receptor]]s || –
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| Neurohypophyseals || [[Oxytocin]] || OT || [[Oxytocin receptor]] || –
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| Neurohypophyseals || [[Neurophysin I]] ||   || – || –
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| Neurohypophyseals || [[Neurophysin II]] ||   || – || –
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| Neurohypophyseals || [[Copeptin]] ||   || – || –
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| Neuromedins || [[Neuromedin U]] || NmU  ||[[Neuromedin U receptor 1|NmUR1]], [[Neuromedin U receptor 2|NmUR2]]|| –
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| Neuropeptide B/W || [[Neuropeptide B]] || NPB || [[NPBWR1|NPBW1]], [[Neuropeptides B/W receptor 2|NPBW2]] || –
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| Neuropeptide B/W || [[Neuropeptide S]] || NPS || [[Neuropeptide S receptor]]s || –
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| Neuropeptide Y || [[Neuropeptide Y]] || NY || [[Neuropeptide Y receptor]]s || –
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| Neuropeptide Y || [[Pancreatic polypeptide]] || PP || – || –
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| Neuropeptide Y || [[Peptide YY]] || PYY || – || –
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| [[Opioid]]s || [[Enkephalins]] ||   || [[Delta opioid receptor|δ-Opioid receptor]] || –
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| Opioids || [[Dynorphins]] ||   || [[Kappa opioid receptor|κ-Opioid receptor]] || –
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| Opioids || [[Neoendorphins]] ||   || [[Kappa opioid receptor|κ-Opioid receptor]] || –
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| Opioids || [[Endorphins]] ||   || [[Mu opioid receptor|μ-Opioid receptor]]s || –
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| Opioids || [[Endomorphins]] ||   || [[Mu opioid receptor|μ-Opioid receptor]]s || –
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| Opioids || [[Morphine#Human biosynthesis|Morphine]] ||   || [[Mu opioid receptor|μ-Opioid receptor]]s || –
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| Opioids || [[Nociceptin|Nociceptin/orphanin FQ]] || N/OFQ || [[Nociceptin receptor]]s || –
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| [[Orexin]]s || [[Orexin A]] || OX-A || [[Orexin receptor]]s || –
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| Orexins || [[Orexin B]] || OX-B || [[Orexin receptor]]s || –
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| [[Parathyroid hormone family]] || [[Parathyroid hormone-related protein]] || PTHrP || – || –
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| [[RFamide peptide family|RFamides]] || [[Kisspeptin]] || KiSS || [[GPR54]] || –
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| RFamides || [[Neuropeptide FF]] || NPFF || NPFF1, NPFF2 || –
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| RFamides || [[Prolactin-releasing peptide]] || PrRP|| [[Prolactin-releasing peptide receptor|PrRPR]] || –
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| RFamides || [[Pyroglutamylated RFamide peptide]] || QRFP || [[Pyroglutamylated RFamide peptide receptor|GPR103]] || –
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| [[Secretin family|Secretins]] || [[Secretin]] ||   || [[Secretin receptor]] || –
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| Secretins || [[Motilin]] ||   || [[Motilin receptor]] || –
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| Secretins || [[Glucagon]] ||   || [[Glucagon receptor]] || –
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| Secretins || [[Glucagon-like peptide-1]] || GLP-1 || [[Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor]] || –
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| Secretins || [[Glucagon-like peptide-2]] || GLP-2 || [[Glucagon-like peptide 2 receptor]] || –
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| Secretins || [[Vasoactive intestinal peptide]] || VIP || [[Vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor]]s || –
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| Secretins || [[Growth hormone–releasing hormone]] || GHRH || [[Growth-hormone-releasing hormone receptor|Growth hormone–releasing hormone receptor]] || –
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| Secretins || [[Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide]] || PACAP || [[ADCYAP1R1]] || –
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| Somatostatins || [[Somatostatin]] ||  || [[Somatostatin receptor]]s || –
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| [[Tachykinin peptides|Tachykinins]] || [[Neurokinin A]] ||   || – || –
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| Tachykinins || [[Neurokinin B]] ||   || – || –
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| Tachykinins || [[Substance P]] ||   || – || –
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| Tachykinins || [[Neuropeptide K]] ||   || – || –
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| Other || [[Agouti-related peptide]] || AgRP || [[Melanocortin receptor]] –
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| Other || [[N-Acetylaspartylglutamate|''N''-Acetylaspartylglutamate]] || NAAG || [[Metabotropic glutamate receptor 3]] (mGluR3) || –
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| Other || [[Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript]] || CART || Unknown [[Gi alpha subunit|G<sub>i</sub>/G<sub>o</sub>]]-coupled receptor<ref name="pmid21855138">{{cite journal | vauthors = Lin Y, Hall RA, Kuhar MJ | title = CART peptide stimulation of G protein-mediated signaling in differentiated PC12 cells: identification of PACAP 6-38 as a CART receptor antagonist | journal = Neuropeptides | volume = 45 | issue = 5 | pages = 351–8 | date = October 2011 | pmid = 21855138 | pmc = 3170513 | doi = 10.1016/j.npep.2011.07.006 }}</ref> || –
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| Other || [[Gonadotropin-releasing hormone]] || GnRH|| [[gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor|GnRHR]] || –
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| Other || [[Thyrotropin-releasing hormone]] || TRH|| [[Thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor|TRHR]] || –
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| Other || [[Melanin-concentrating hormone]] || MCH|| [[Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor|MCHR]] 1,2 || –
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! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | '''Category'''
! scope="col" style="width: 24%;" | '''Name'''
! scope="col" style="width: 6%;" class="unsortable" | <small>'''Abbreviation'''</small>
! scope="col" style="width: 31%;" | '''[[Metabotropic]]'''
! scope="col" style="width: 24%;" | '''[[Ionotropic]]'''
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|[[Gaseous signaling molecule]] || [[Nitric oxide]] || NO || Soluble [[guanylyl cyclase]] || –
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|Gaseous signaling molecule|| [[Carbon monoxide]] || CO || – || [[Heme]] bound to [[potassium channel]]s
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|Gaseous signaling molecule|| [[Hydrogen sulfide]] || H2S || – || –
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