Dopamine

= Dopamine =

Formula
C8H11NO2

** *3D Model: **
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=__** About and Discovery: **__=

The discovery of Dopamine led to a large impact on modern neuroscience research.
====Dopamine (3-hydroxytyramine) is an amine that was earlier identified as an intermediary in the synthesis of noradrenaline and adrenaline from tyrosine. Arvid Carlson, Margit Lindqvist, Tor Magnusson, and Bertil Waldeck made the initial observations leading to the conclusion dopamine is a transmitter in the central nervous system.====

Reserpine causes loss in motor skills. The team of scientists found that an injection of dopamine was able to reverse the effects.
=**__ Extra Knowledge: __**=

Dopamine is the "feel good" drug because it effects mood, movement, and learning
====It is created when amino acids enter your body and bloodstream through your intake of food. Active transport mechanisms than take tyrosine from the bloodstream and concentrate it in the brain. When the tyrosine being transported enters dopaminergic neurons, chemical transformations occur producing dopamine.====

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