Data/hora: 16/06/2024 10:37:59

Provedor de dados: 	56	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Unconventional neurotransmitters, neurodegeneration and neuroprotection	
Autores: 	Leonelli,M.; Torrão,A.S.; Britto,L.R.G.	
Data: 	2009-01-01	
Ano: 	2009	
Palavras-chave: 	Endocannabinoids; Cannabinoid receptors; Vanilloid receptors; Nitric oxide.	
Resumo: 	Neurotransmitters are also involved in functions other than conventional signal transfer between nerve cells, such as development, plasticity, neurodegeneration, and neuroprotection. For example, there is a considerable amount of data indicating developmental roles for the glutamatergic, cholinergic, dopaminergic, GABA-ergic, and ATP/adenosine systems. In this review, we discuss the existing literature on these "new" functions of neurotransmitters in relation to some unconventional neurotransmitters, such as the endocannabinoids and nitric oxide. Data indicating both transcriptional and post-transcriptional modulation of endocannabinoid and nitrinergic systems after neural lesions are discussed in relation to the non-conventional roles of these neurotransmitters. Knowledge of the roles of neurotransmitters in brain functions other than information transfer is critical for a more complete understanding of the functional organization of the brain and to provide more opportunities for the development of therapeutical tools aimed at minimizing neuronal death.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009000100011	
Editor: 	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0100-879X2009000100011	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.42 n.1 2009	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess