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  2. Dopamine - Wikipedia

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    The motor functions of dopamine are linked to a separate pathway, with cell bodies in the substantia nigra that manufacture and release dopamine into the dorsal striatum. Inside the brain, dopamine plays important roles in executive functions , motor control , motivation , arousal , reinforcement , and reward , as well as lower-level functions ...

  3. Dopamine transporter - Wikipedia

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    The latter was thus demonstrated to be an autoreceptor on cells that release dopamine. TAAR1 is a presynaptic intracellular receptor that is also colocalized with DAT and which has the opposite effect of the D2 autoreceptor when activated; [ 15 ] [ 24 ] i.e., it internalizes dopamine transporters and induces efflux through reversed transporter ...

  4. Norepinephrine transporter - Wikipedia

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    NETs are restricted to noradrenergic neurons and are not present on neurons that release dopamine or epinephrine. [6] [15] [17] The transporters can be found along the cell body, axons, and dendrites of the neuron. [6] NETs are located away from the synapse, where norepinephrine is released. They are found closer to the plasma membrane of the cell.

  5. Adrenal medulla - Wikipedia

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    In dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiency, the entire body cannot efficiently produce epinephrine and norepinephrine from dopamine, this results in severe dysautonomia but most crucially due to autonomous nervous system failure which requires epinephrine and norepinephrine as neurotransmitters, dopamine being used in this pathology as an ...

  6. Dopaminergic pathways - Wikipedia

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    The dopamine neurons of the dopaminergic pathways synthesize and release the neurotransmitter dopamine. [2] [3] Enzymes tyrosine hydroxylase and dopa decarboxylase are required for dopamine synthesis. [4] These enzymes are both produced in the cell bodies of dopamine neurons. Dopamine is stored in the cytoplasm and vesicles in axon terminals.

  7. Dopamine receptor - Wikipedia

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    The connection between dopamine and beta cells was discovered, in part, due to the metabolic side-effects of certain antipsychotic medications. [33] [34] Traditional/typical antipsychotic medications function by altering the dopamine pathway in the brain, such as blocking D2 receptors. [35]

  8. Dopaminergic cell groups - Wikipedia

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    Group A10 is the largest group of dopaminergic cells in the ventral midbrain tegmentum of rodents [6] and primates. [4] The cells are located for the most part in the ventral tegmental area, the linear nucleus and, in primates, the part of central gray of the midbrain located between the left and right oculomotor nuclear complexes. [citation ...

  9. Ventral tegmental area - Wikipedia

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    The most common drugs of abuse stimulate the release of dopamine, which creates both their rewarding and the psychomotor effects. Compulsive drug-taking behaviors are a result of the long-lasting or permanent [30] [31] functional changes in the mesolimbic dopamine system arising from repetitive dopamine stimulation. Molecular and cellular ...