dopamine pathway

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dopamine
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdəʊ.pə.miːn/us
/ˈdoʊ.pəˌmiːn/
a hormone (= chemical substance) that is made naturally in the body and may also be given as ...
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pathway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɑːθ.weɪ/us
/ˈpæθ.weɪ/
a track that a person can ...
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Dopamine pathways in the outer mammalian retina-and abnormalities expressed in hereditary retinal dystrophy.
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It is one of the four major dopamine pathways in the brain.
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Dantrolene has been used when needed to reduce muscle rigidity, and more recentlydopaminepathwaymedications such as bromocriptine have shown benefit.
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Current models involve the mesocorticolimbicdopaminepathwayand the locus coeruleus-noradrenergic system.
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In addition,dopaminepathwaydysfunction has not been reliably shown to correlate with symptom onset or severity.
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Also, rodents that are susceptible to depression-related behavior after social defeat can have their behavior reversed withdopaminepathwayactivation.
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Parkinson's disease depletes dopaminergic neurons in the nigrostriatal tract, adopaminepathwaythat is connected to the head of the caudate.
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These genes have been seen to play a role in higher cognitive functions such as learning and motivation, possibly by acting on the reward system in thedopaminepathway.
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Overall, the evidence implicates the likely involvement of a number of genes that code for proteins involved in dopamine pathways.
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Dopamine pathways in the outer mammalian retina-and abnormalities expressed in hereditary retinal dystrophy.
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Both generations of medication tend to block receptors in the brain's dopamine pathways, but atypicals tend to act on serotonin receptors as well.
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It is one of the four major dopamine pathways in the brain.
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Dopamine pathways project much more densely onto frontal cortex regions.
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When an organism experiences a reinforcing stimulus, dopamine pathways in the brain are activated.
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Both generations of medication tend to block receptors in the brain's dopamine pathways.
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It is also involved in regulation of dopamine pathways.
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An influential theory, known as the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, proposes that a malfunction involving dopamine pathways is therefore the cause of (the positive symptoms of) schizophrenia.
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