"Dopamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the catecholamine NEUROTRANSMITTERS in the brain. It is derived from TYROSINE and is the precursor to NOREPINEPHRINE and EPINEPHRINE. Dopamine is a major transmitter in the extrapyramidal system of the brain, and important in regulating movement. A family of receptors (RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE) mediate its action.
| Descriptor ID |
D004298
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.211.215.311.342 D02.092.311.342
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| Concept/Terms |
Dopamine- Dopamine
- 4-(2-Aminoethyl)-1,2-benzenediol
- Hydroxytyramine
- 3,4-Dihydroxyphenethylamine
- 3,4 Dihydroxyphenethylamine
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 1999 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dopamine" by people in Profiles.
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"Summertime sadness": Striatal dopamine binding decreases during warmer seasons in patients with severe depression. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2026 Apr; 357:112145.
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Shared pathway-specific network mechanisms of dopamine and deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Nat Commun. 2025 Apr 15; 16(1):3587.
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Prospective contingency explains behavior and dopamine signals during associative learning. Nat Neurosci. 2025 Jun; 28(6):1280-1292.
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Cortical beta oscillations map to shared brain networks modulated by dopamine. Elife. 2024 Dec 04; 13.
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Dopamine and deep brain stimulation accelerate the neural dynamics of volitional action in Parkinson's disease. Brain. 2024 Oct 03; 147(10):3358-3369.
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Clinical Interventions and Hemodynamic Monitoring in the Setting of Left Ventricular Systolic Heart Failure in Children: Insights From a Physiologic Simulator. Am J Ther. 2024 Sep-Oct 01; 31(5):e531-e540.
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Social setting interacts with hyper dopamine to boost the stimulant effect of ethanol. Addict Biol. 2024 06; 29(6):e13420.
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Dopaminergic dysfunction in the left putamen of patients with major depressive disorder. J Affect Disord. 2024 07 15; 357:107-115.
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Active forgetting and neuropsychiatric diseases. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Sep; 29(9):2810-2820.
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An excitatory projection from the basal forebrain to the ventral tegmental area that underlies anorexia-like phenotypes. Neuron. 2024 Feb 07; 112(3):458-472.e6.