7 Major Neurotransmitters
Neurotransmitters all serve a different purpose in the brain and body. Although there are several different minor and major neurotransmitters, we will focus on these major six: acetylcholine, dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, gamma-aminobutyric acid (more commonly referred to as GABA), and glutamate.
| suggestion 1 | Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) - along with Glutamate as brain’s most plentiful neurotransmitters, is an inhibitory neurotransmitter which has widespread effects on the shortening and lengthening of daylight within your circadian rhythm and is one of the major neurotransmitters that helps to synchronize the signals being sent out to other cells in the brain. | |
| suggestion 2 | Glutamate - along with GABA as the brain’s most plentiful neurotransmitters. Glutamate is the neurotransmitter best known for contributing to learning and memory. | |
| suggestion 3 | Norepinephrine (NE) - is another neurotransmitter found to regulate behavior. NE contributes to the modulation of mood and arousal, and is commonly referred to as the stress hormone. | |
| suggestion 4 | Dopamine (DA) - one of the three most common neurotransmitters found to regulate many different aspects of behavior. | |
| suggestion 5 | Serotonin (5HT) - found to regulate behavior and to affect/regulate a number of different functions in the body/brain from digestion to mood. | |
| suggestion 6 | Acetylcholine - found throughout the nervous system, is the only neurotransmitter that sends and receives information between the motor neurons and voluntary muscles (muscles you have conscious control over, such as the biceps). |