dopaminoceptive

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adjective

Having a receptor sensitive to dopamine

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Meanings

adjectivedopaminoceptive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a receptor sensitive to dopamine

    DARPP-32 is a signaling hub that plays a critical role in the integration of numerous neurotransmitter and neuromodulator signals arriving at dopaminoceptive neurons (for review, see [13 ]).

    2015 October 22, “Motor Skill Learning Is Associated with Phase-Dependent Modifications in the Striatal cAMP/PKA/DARPP-32 Signaling Pathway in Rodents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From dopamine + -ceptive.

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