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		<title>J at 07:48, 31 October 2010</title>
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 07:48, 31 October 2010&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;History&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;History&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine was first synthesized in 1910 by George Barger and James Ewens at Wellcome Laboratories in London, England.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-1&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;2&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;It was named dopamine because it was a monoamine, and its synthetic precursor was 3,4-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;d&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;ihydr&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;xy&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;henyl&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;a&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;lanine &lt;/del&gt;(L-DOPA). Dopamine's function as a neurotransmitter was first recognized in 1958 by Arvid Carlsson and Nils-&amp;amp;Aring;ke Hillarp at the Laboratory for Chemical Pharmacology of the National Heart Institute of Sweden.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-2&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;3&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;Carlsson was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for showing that dopamine is not just a precursor of norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and epinephrine (adrenaline), but a neurotransmitter as well.&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;font&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;Biochemistry&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot; size=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;3&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine was first synthesized in 1910 by George Barger and James Ewens at Wellcome Laboratories in London, England.[2] It was named dopamine because it was a monoamine, and its synthetic precursor was 3,4-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;dihydroxyphenylalanine &lt;/ins&gt;(L-DOPA). Dopamine's function as a neurotransmitter was first recognized in 1958 by Arvid Carlsson and Nils-&amp;amp;Aring;ke Hillarp at the Laboratory for Chemical Pharmacology of the National Heart Institute of Sweden.[3] Carlsson was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for showing that dopamine is not just a precursor of norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and epinephrine (adrenaline), but a neurotransmitter as well. &amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br &lt;/ins&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>J at 07:47, 31 October 2010</title>
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 07:47, 31 October 2010&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;text13&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;text13&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;History&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine is a catecholamine neurotransmitter present in a wide variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. In the brain, this phenethylamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating the five types of dopamine receptors&amp;amp;mdash;D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5&amp;amp;mdash;and their variants. Dopamine is produced in several areas of the brain, including the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area.[1] Dopamine is also a neurohormone released by the hypothalamus. Its main function as a hormone is to inhibit the release of prolactin from the anterior lobe of the pituitary. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;History&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;Dopamine&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; &lt;/ins&gt;is a catecholamine neurotransmitter present in a wide variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the brain, this phenethylamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating the five types of dopamine receptors&amp;amp;mdash;D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5&amp;amp;mdash;and their variants. Dopamine is produced in several areas of the brain, including the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area.[1] Dopamine is also a neurohormone released by the hypothalamus. Its main function as a hormone is to inhibit the release of prolactin from the anterior lobe of the pituitary. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dopamine is available as an intravenous medication acting on the sympathetic nervous system, producing effects such as increased heart rate and blood pressure. However, because dopamine cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, dopamine given as a drug does not directly affect the central nervous system. To increase the amount of dopamine in the brains of patients with diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dopa-responsive dystonia, L-DOPA, which is the precursor of dopamine, can be given because it can cross the blood-brain barrier. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dopamine is available as an intravenous medication acting on the sympathetic nervous system, producing effects such as increased heart rate and blood pressure. However, because dopamine cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, dopamine given as a drug does not directly affect the central nervous system. To increase the amount of dopamine in the brains of patients with diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dopa-responsive dystonia, L-DOPA, which is the precursor of dopamine, can be given because it can cross the blood-brain barrier. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Two major degradation pathways for dopamine exist. In most areas of the brain, including the striatum and basal ganglia, dopamine is inactivated by reuptake via the dopamine transporter (DAT1), then enzymatic breakdown by monoamine oxidase (MAOA and MAOB) into 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid. In the prefrontal cortex, however, there are very few dopamine transporter proteins, and dopamine is instead inactivated by reuptake via the norepinephrine transporter (NET), presumably on neighboring norepinephrine neurons, then enzymatic breakdown by catechol-&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;-methyl transferase (COMT) into 3-methoxytyramine.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-3&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; The DAT1 pathway is roughly an order of magnitude faster than the NET pathway: in mice, dopamine concentrations decay with a half-life of 200 ms in the caudate nucleus (which uses the DAT1 pathway) versus 2,000 ms in the prefrontal cortex.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-4&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;5&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Dopamine that is not broken down by enzymes is repackaged into vesicles for reuse by VMAT2.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Two major degradation pathways for dopamine exist. In most areas of the brain, including the striatum and basal ganglia, dopamine is inactivated by reuptake via the dopamine transporter (DAT1), then enzymatic breakdown by monoamine oxidase (MAOA and MAOB) into 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid. In the prefrontal cortex, however, there are very few dopamine transporter proteins, and dopamine is instead inactivated by reuptake via the norepinephrine transporter (NET), presumably on neighboring norepinephrine neurons, then enzymatic breakdown by catechol-&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;-methyl transferase (COMT) into 3-methoxytyramine.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-3&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; The DAT1 pathway is roughly an order of magnitude faster than the NET pathway: in mice, dopamine concentrations decay with a half-life of 200 ms in the caudate nucleus (which uses the DAT1 pathway) versus 2,000 ms in the prefrontal cortex.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-4&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;5&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Dopamine that is not broken down by enzymes is repackaged into vesicles for reuse by VMAT2.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;CLEAR: both&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;CLEAR: both&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;h2&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;Functions_in_the_brain&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Functions in the brain&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;font&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;span&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;h2&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;Functions_in_the_brain&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;Functions in the brain&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br &lt;/ins&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;color&lt;/del&gt;=&amp;quot;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;#000000&lt;/del&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine has many functions in the brain, including important roles in behavior and cognition, voluntary movement, motivation, punishment and reward, inhibition of prolactin production (involved in lactation and sexual gratification), sleep, mood, attention, working memory, and learning. Dopaminergic neurons (i.e., neurons whose primary neurotransmitter is dopamine) are present chiefly in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the midbrain, the substantia nigra pars compacta, and the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus.&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;font&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;strong&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;font&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br /&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;It has been hypothesized that dopamine transmits reward prediction error, although this has been questioned.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-dopamine_function_5-0&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;6&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;According to this hypothesis, the phasic responses of dopamine neurons are observed when an unexpected reward is presented. These responses transfer to the onset of a conditioned stimulus after repeated pairings with the reward. Further, dopamine neurons are depressed when the expected reward is omitted. Thus, dopamine neurons seem to encode the prediction error of rewarding outcomes. In nature, we learn to repeat behaviors that lead to maximizing rewards. Dopamine is therefore believed to provide a teaching signal to parts of the brain responsible for acquiring new behavior. Temporal difference learning provides a computational model describing how the prediction error of dopamine neurons is used as a teaching signal.&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;font&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;font &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;size&lt;/ins&gt;=&amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;3&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine has many functions in the brain, including important roles in behavior and cognition, voluntary movement, motivation, punishment and reward, inhibition of prolactin production (involved in lactation and sexual gratification), sleep, mood, attention, working memory, and learning. Dopaminergic neurons (i.e., neurons whose primary neurotransmitter is dopamine) are present chiefly in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the midbrain, the substantia nigra pars compacta, and the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. &amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br &lt;/ins&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;The reward system in insects uses octopamine, which is the presumed arthropod homolog of norepinephrine,&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-octopamine-honeybee_6-0&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;7&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;rather than dopamine. In insects, dopamine acts instead as a punishment signal and is necessary to form aversive memories.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-pmid14627633_7-0&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;8&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;]&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;span&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;sup&amp;gt;&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-pmid19521527_8-0&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;9&amp;lt;span&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/span&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br &lt;/ins&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It has been hypothesized that dopamine transmits reward prediction error, although this has been questioned.[6] According to this hypothesis, the phasic responses of dopamine neurons are observed when an unexpected reward is presented. These responses transfer to the onset of a conditioned stimulus after repeated pairings with the reward. Further, dopamine neurons are depressed when the expected reward is omitted. Thus, dopamine neurons seem to encode the prediction error of rewarding outcomes. In nature, we learn to repeat behaviors that lead to maximizing rewards. Dopamine is therefore believed to provide a teaching signal to parts of the brain responsible for acquiring new behavior. Temporal difference learning provides a computational model describing how the prediction error of dopamine neurons is used as a teaching signal. &amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br &lt;/ins&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br &lt;/ins&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The reward system in insects uses octopamine, which is the presumed arthropod homolog of norepinephrine,[7] rather than dopamine. In insects, dopamine acts instead as a punishment signal and is necessary to form aversive memories.[8&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;][9&lt;/ins&gt;] &amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br &lt;/ins&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br &lt;/ins&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;/&lt;/ins&gt;font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;Anatomy&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Anatomy&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/h3&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;Anatomy&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Anatomy&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/h3&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;rellink relarticle mainarticle&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Main article: Dopaminergic pathways&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;rellink relarticle mainarticle&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Main article: Dopaminergic pathways&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l221&quot; &gt;Line 221:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 228:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;External_links&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;External links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;External_links&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;External links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;DrugBank&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;/wiki/DrugBank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#0645ad&amp;quot;&amp;gt;DrugBank&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; rel=&amp;quot;nofollow&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://redpoll.pharmacy.ualberta.ca/drugbank/cgi-bin/getCard.cgi?CARD=APRD00085.txt&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#3366bb&amp;quot;&amp;gt;APRD00085&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;DrugBank&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;/wiki/DrugBank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#0645ad&amp;quot;&amp;gt;DrugBank&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; rel=&amp;quot;nofollow&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://redpoll.pharmacy.ualberta.ca/drugbank/cgi-bin/getCard.cgi?CARD=APRD00085.txt&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#3366bb&amp;quot;&amp;gt;APRD00085&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; rel=&amp;quot;nofollow&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/dpdirect.jsp?name=Dopamine&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#3366bb&amp;quot;&amp;gt;U.S. National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal - Dopamine&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; rel=&amp;quot;nofollow&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/dpdirect.jsp?name=Dopamine&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#3366bb&amp;quot;&amp;gt;U.S. National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal - Dopamine&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;text13&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;text13&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[도파민]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;text13&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[도파민]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>J at 07:46, 31 October 2010</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;text13&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;text13&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;strong&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;Dopamine&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;is a catecholamine neurotransmitter present in a wide variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. In the brain, this phenethylamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating the five types of dopamine receptors&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;, and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;5&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;mdash;and their variants. Dopamine is produced in several areas of the brain, including the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-0&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;1&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;Dopamine is also a neurohormone released by the hypothalamus. Its main function as a hormone is to inhibit the release of prolactin from the anterior lobe of the pituitary.&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;font&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;History&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;font size=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;Dopamine is a catecholamine neurotransmitter present in a wide variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. In the brain, this phenethylamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating the five types of dopamine receptors&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;D1&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;D2&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;D3&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;D4&lt;/ins&gt;, and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;D5&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;amp;mdash;and their variants. Dopamine is produced in several areas of the brain, including the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area.[1] Dopamine is also a neurohormone released by the hypothalamus. Its main function as a hormone is to inhibit the release of prolactin from the anterior lobe of the pituitary. &amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br &lt;/ins&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br &lt;/ins&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;Dopamine is available as an intravenous medication acting on the sympathetic nervous system, producing effects such as increased heart rate and blood pressure. However, because dopamine cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, dopamine given as a drug does not directly affect the central nervous system. To increase the amount of dopamine in the brains of patients with diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dopa-responsive dystonia, L-DOPA, which is the precursor of dopamine, can be given because it can cross the blood-brain barrier.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dopamine is available as an intravenous medication acting on the sympathetic nervous system, producing effects such as increased heart rate and blood pressure. However, because dopamine cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, dopamine given as a drug does not directly affect the central nervous system. To increase the amount of dopamine in the brains of patients with diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dopa-responsive dystonia, L-DOPA, which is the precursor of dopamine, can be given because it can cross the blood-brain barrier. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;h2&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;span id=&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;History&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;History&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;h2&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;br &lt;/ins&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;font size=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;strong&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;History&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/strong&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;/&lt;/ins&gt;font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine was first synthesized in 1910 by George Barger and James Ewens at Wellcome Laboratories in London, England.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-1&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; It was named dopamine because it was a monoamine, and its synthetic precursor was 3,4-&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;d&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;ihydr&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;xy&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;henyl&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;a&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;lanine (L-DOPA). Dopamine's function as a neurotransmitter was first recognized in 1958 by Arvid Carlsson and Nils-&amp;amp;Aring;ke Hillarp at the Laboratory for Chemical Pharmacology of the National Heart Institute of Sweden.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-2&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Carlsson was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for showing that dopamine is not just a precursor of norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and epinephrine (adrenaline), but a neurotransmitter as well.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine was first synthesized in 1910 by George Barger and James Ewens at Wellcome Laboratories in London, England.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-1&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; It was named dopamine because it was a monoamine, and its synthetic precursor was 3,4-&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;d&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;ihydr&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;xy&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;henyl&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;a&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;lanine (L-DOPA). Dopamine's function as a neurotransmitter was first recognized in 1958 by Arvid Carlsson and Nils-&amp;amp;Aring;ke Hillarp at the Laboratory for Chemical Pharmacology of the National Heart Institute of Sweden.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-2&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Carlsson was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for showing that dopamine is not just a precursor of norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and epinephrine (adrenaline), but a neurotransmitter as well.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;h2&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;Biochemistry&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Biochemistry&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;h2&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;Biochemistry&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot; &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;size=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;Biochemistry&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;thumb tright&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;thumb tright&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;WIDTH: 222px&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;thumbinner&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img class=&amp;quot;thumbimage&amp;quot; alt=&amp;quot;&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;220&amp;quot; height=&amp;quot;500&amp;quot; src=&amp;quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Catecholamines_biosynthesis.svg/220px-Catecholamines_biosynthesis.svg.png&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;WIDTH: 222px&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;thumbinner&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img class=&amp;quot;thumbimage&amp;quot; alt=&amp;quot;&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;220&amp;quot; height=&amp;quot;500&amp;quot; src=&amp;quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Catecholamines_biosynthesis.svg/220px-Catecholamines_biosynthesis.svg.png&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine has the chemical formula C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;6&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;(OH)&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;-CH&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;-CH&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;-NH&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. Its chemical name is &amp;amp;quot;4-(2-aminoethyl)benzene-1,2-diol&amp;amp;quot; and its abbreviation is &amp;amp;quot;DA.&amp;amp;quot;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine has the chemical formula C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;6&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;(OH)&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;-CH&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;-CH&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;-NH&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. Its chemical name is &amp;amp;quot;4-(2-aminoethyl)benzene-1,2-diol&amp;amp;quot; and its abbreviation is &amp;amp;quot;DA.&amp;amp;quot;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;As a member of the catecholamine family, dopamine is a precursor to norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and then epinephrine (adrenaline) in the biosynthetic pathways for these neurotransmitters.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;As a member of the catecholamine family, dopamine is a precursor to norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and then epinephrine (adrenaline) in the biosynthetic pathways for these neurotransmitters.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;h3&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;Biosynthesis&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Biosynthesis&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;h3&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;Biosynthesis&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-headline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot; &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;size=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;Biosynthesis&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine is biosynthesized in the body (mainly by nervous tissue and the medulla of the adrenal glands) first by the hydroxylation of the amino acid L-tyrosine to L-DOPA via the enzyme tyrosine 3-monooxygenase, also known as tyrosine hydroxylase, and then by the decarboxylation of L-DOPA by aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (which is often referred to as dopa decarboxylase). In some neurons, dopamine is further processed into norepinephrine by dopamine beta-hydroxylase.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine is biosynthesized in the body (mainly by nervous tissue and the medulla of the adrenal glands) first by the hydroxylation of the amino acid L-tyrosine to L-DOPA via the enzyme tyrosine 3-monooxygenase, also known as tyrosine hydroxylase, and then by the decarboxylation of L-DOPA by aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (which is often referred to as dopa decarboxylase). In some neurons, dopamine is further processed into norepinephrine by dopamine beta-hydroxylase.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;In neurons, dopamine is packaged after synthesis into vesicles, which are then released into the synapse in response to a presynaptic action potential.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;In neurons, dopamine is packaged after synthesis into vesicles, which are then released into the synapse in response to a presynaptic action potential.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>J at 07:45, 31 October 2010</title>
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 07:45, 31 October 2010&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;text13&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;text13&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Dopamine&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; is a catecholamine neurotransmitter present in a wide variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. In the brain, this phenethylamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating the five types of dopamine receptors&amp;amp;mdash;D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, and D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;5&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&amp;amp;mdash;and their variants. Dopamine is produced in several areas of the brain, including the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-0&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Dopamine is also a neurohormone released by the hypothalamus. Its main function as a hormone is to inhibit the release of prolactin from the anterior lobe of the pituitary.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Dopamine&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; is a catecholamine neurotransmitter present in a wide variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. In the brain, this phenethylamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating the five types of dopamine receptors&amp;amp;mdash;D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, and D&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;5&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&amp;amp;mdash;and their variants. Dopamine is produced in several areas of the brain, including the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-0&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Dopamine is also a neurohormone released by the hypothalamus. Its main function as a hormone is to inhibit the release of prolactin from the anterior lobe of the pituitary.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine is available as an intravenous medication acting on the sympathetic nervous system, producing effects such as increased heart rate and blood pressure. However, because dopamine cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, dopamine given as a drug does not directly affect the central nervous system. To increase the amount of dopamine in the brains of patients with diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dopa-responsive dystonia, L-DOPA, which is the precursor of dopamine, can be given because it can cross the blood-brain barrier.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine is available as an intravenous medication acting on the sympathetic nervous system, producing effects such as increased heart rate and blood pressure. However, because dopamine cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, dopamine given as a drug does not directly affect the central nervous system. To increase the amount of dopamine in the brains of patients with diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dopa-responsive dystonia, L-DOPA, which is the precursor of dopamine, can be given because it can cross the blood-brain barrier.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine was first synthesized in 1910 by George Barger and James Ewens at Wellcome Laboratories in London, England.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-1&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; It was named dopamine because it was a monoamine, and its synthetic precursor was 3,4-&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;d&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;ihydr&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;xy&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;henyl&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;a&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;lanine (L-DOPA). Dopamine's function as a neurotransmitter was first recognized in 1958 by Arvid Carlsson and Nils-&amp;amp;Aring;ke Hillarp at the Laboratory for Chemical Pharmacology of the National Heart Institute of Sweden.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-2&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Carlsson was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for showing that dopamine is not just a precursor of norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and epinephrine (adrenaline), but a neurotransmitter as well.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dopamine was first synthesized in 1910 by George Barger and James Ewens at Wellcome Laboratories in London, England.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-1&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; It was named dopamine because it was a monoamine, and its synthetic precursor was 3,4-&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;d&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;ihydr&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;xy&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;henyl&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;a&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;lanine (L-DOPA). Dopamine's function as a neurotransmitter was first recognized in 1958 by Arvid Carlsson and Nils-&amp;amp;Aring;ke Hillarp at the Laboratory for Chemical Pharmacology of the National Heart Institute of Sweden.&amp;lt;sup id=&amp;quot;cite_ref-2&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;reference&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Carlsson was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for showing that dopamine is not just a precursor of norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and epinephrine (adrenaline), but a neurotransmitter as well.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>J-a Bae at 04:01, 6 February 2006</title>
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