Neurochemical

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  • adjective. Of or pertaining to neurochemistry, the study of the chemical basis of nerve and brain activity
  • noun. A chemical substance that is involved in neural activity, such as a neurotransmitter
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  • noun. any organic substance that occurs in neural activity
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    "If a neurochemical abnormality in "amnesiac" fruit flies affects their memories, then there's hope that the same neurochemical in humans could be targeted to affectively treat our own memory disorders."
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