Neurotransmitter

A substance, such as norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine or acetylcholine, that transmits electric impulses between neurons across a synapse.


Articles on KurzweilAI.net that refer to Neurotransmitter

Dialogue between Ray Kurzweil, Eric Drexler, and Robert Bradbury By K. Eric Drexler, Ray Kurzweil, and Robert Bradbury
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Mind in the Twenty-First Century By Ray Kurzweil
The Law of Accelerating Returns By Ray Kurzweil
Chapter 6: Locked in His Chinese Room By Ray Kurzweil
Gelernter, Kurzweil debate machine consciousness By Rodney Brooks, Ray Kurzweil, and David Gelernter
The Human Machine Merger: Why We Will Spend Most of Our Time in Virtual Reality in the Twenty-first Century By Ray Kurzweil
Live Forever--Uploading The Human Brain...Closer Than You Think By Ray Kurzweil
Chapter Six: Building New Brains. . . By Ray Kurzweil
The Coming Merging of Mind and Machine By Ray Kurzweil
Chapter 5: Kurzweil's Turing Fallacy By Thomas Ray

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Biochemistry of Neurotransmitters