Dopaminergic

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Dopaminerg means something like " reacting to dopamine " or " containing dopamine as a neurotransmitter ". This usually refers to dopamine-sensitive receptors in the brain or behavior-regulating areas of the brain in which dopamine functions as a neurotransmitter (such as the so-called reward center ).

Dopaminergic nerve cells are found in the black matter ( substantia nigra ) and the raphe nuclei of the midbrain , among other things . The former are particularly affected in Parkinson's disease .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Löffler, Petro E. Petrides, Peter C. Heinrich (Eds.): Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry . 8th, completely revised edition. Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-32680-9 , p. 1042 .