The images show that changes in the anesthetized brain start in the midbrain, where certain receptors for a neurotransmitter called GABA are plentiful.

视频图像显示被麻醉的大脑从中脑部分开始发生变化。中脑中大量存在着某类神经末梢，这类神经末梢能接收名为GABA(伽马氨基丁酸)的神经递质。

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CRF is a neurotransmitter, meaning it helps communicate signals between brain cells. Some neurons "send out" the CRF signal while others contain receptors to receive it.

CRF是一种神经传递介质，意味着它可以帮助脑细胞之间的信号传递，有些神经元“送出”CRF信号，而有些受体则会“接受”它。

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Neurotransmitter receptors mediate signal transduction at the postsynaptic membrane of synaptic connections between neurons in the nervous system.

大脑中神经元突触间的信号传递是由许多神经递质受体介导的。

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But in general, for each neurotransmitter that released it there would only be one population of receptors that's ready to receive it.

但总体说,每一种在此释放的神经递质,只能被一类受体接受

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These receptors interact with the neurotransmitter glutamate, the levels of which seem to be out of balance in depression.

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The other, Belviq, works on brain receptors for serotonin, a neurotransmitter than triggers feelings of satisfaction.

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The target: a neurotransmitter called glutamate and its receptors, which malfunction in the forebrain of psychotic patients.

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