A false neurotransmitter is a chemical compound which closely imitates the action of a neurotransmitter in the nervous system. An example would be 5-MeO-αMT mimicking serotonin.
false neurotransmitter meaning:[Medicine] n : a biological amine that can be stored in presynaptic vesicles but that has little or no effect on postsynaptic receptors when released into the synaptic cleft —called also false tran...