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Dopamine
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, one of those chemicals that is responsible for transmitting signals in between the nerve cells (neurons) of the brain. Very few neurons actually make dopamine. Some, in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra, are the cells that die during Parkinsons disease. The functions of others, located in a part of the brain called the ventral tegmental area (VTA), are less well defined and are the major source of the aforementioned controversy (and the focus of this post). When dopamine neurons become activated, they release dopamine.
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SEP 04, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in Molecular Psychiatry, research scientists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Ph
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 13, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A clinical trial that is the first of its kind has been started in Japan.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2018
Immunology
The T cell, Th17, that kill nerve cells have increased levels in the midbrain of Parkinson's patients leading to destruc
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 17, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Hunger hormones, or gut hormones, work to signal the body's state of hunger and fullness. These hormones could poten
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 07, 2018
Technology
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Julia Travers
MAY 31, 2018
Immunology
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...
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Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
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...
Written By:
Melissa Moore
APR 28, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
In the wake of the opiod epidemic a state has taken a proactive step in the direction to curb the addiction and mortalit
...
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Melissa Moore
APR 26, 2018
Neuroscience
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...
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Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 25, 2018
Videos
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...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2018
Health & Medicine
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 12, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
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...
Written By:
Melissa Moore
APR 12, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
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...
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Melissa Moore
MAR 27, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
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...
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...
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FEB 14, 2018
Videos
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 13, 2018
Infographics
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...
Written By:
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FEB 08, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
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Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
FEB 01, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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