Elevated dopamine in the amygdala disrupts infant’s approach to mother: Implications for development of neurotypical social behaviors and networks
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.11.018
Abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Opendak et al. (2021) use a suite of techniques that are typically challenging in infant rat pups to examine the role of dopaminergic input to the basolateral amygdala in social behavior… read more here.
Keywords: dopamine amygdala; elevated dopamine; amygdala disrupts; disrupts infant ... See more keywords
Elevated Dopamine Synthesis as a Mechanism of Cognitive Resilience in Aging.
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DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab379
Abstract: Aging is associated with declines in multiple components of the dopamine system including loss of dopamine-producing neurons, atrophy of the dopamine system's cortical targets, and reductions in the density of dopamine receptors. Countering these patterns,… read more here.
Keywords: synthesis capacity; mechanism cognitive; elevated dopamine; dopamine synthesis ... See more keywords