Topic

Dopaminergic neurons

Neurons that release dopamine, a neurotransmitter used in signalling between neurons and central to motor control. Their loss in the human substantia nigra underlies Parkinson's disease.

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A regenerating flatworm neuron gets its transmitter and its position from six of ten identified genes

University of Georgia researchers report the ten genes in Nature Communications and characterized six of them in detail. Knocking some of them out left planarians unable to make new dopamine neurons and slow to move.

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