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6 Citations
3,380 Views
11 Pages

3 November 2020

Dopamine transporter knockout (DATk) mice are known to demonstrate profound hyperactivity concurrent with elevated (5-fold) extracellular dopamine in the basal ganglia. At the same time, heterozygous DAT mice (DATh) demonstrate a 2-fold increase in d...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,428 Views
21 Pages

11 August 2023

Neurotransmitters are an important category of substances used inside the nervous system, whose detection with biosensors has been seriously addressed in the last decades. Dopamine, a neurotransmitter from the catecholamine family, was recently disco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,781 Views
15 Pages

Dopamine-Depleted Dopamine Transporter Knockout (DDD) Mice: Dyskinesia with L-DOPA and Dopamine D1 Agonists

  • Vladimir M. Pogorelov,
  • Michael L. Martini,
  • Jian Jin,
  • William C. Wetsel and
  • Marc G. Caron

17 November 2023

L-DOPA is the mainstay of treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, over time this drug can produce dyskinesia. A useful acute PD model for screening novel compounds for anti-parkinsonian and L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID) are dopamine-...

  • Review
  • Open Access
58 Citations
16,798 Views
35 Pages

Role of Dopamine in the Heart in Health and Disease

  • Joachim Neumann,
  • Britt Hofmann,
  • Stefan Dhein and
  • Ulrich Gergs

Dopamine has effects on the mammalian heart. These effects can include an increase in the force of contraction, and an elevation of the beating rate and the constriction of coronary arteries. Depending on the species studied, positive inotropic effec...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,418 Views
19 Pages

19 April 2022

The dopaminergic system is one of the most important neurotransmitter systems in the central nervous system (CNS). It acts mainly by activation of the D1-like receptor family at the target cell. Additionally, fine-tuning of the signal is achieved via...

  • Article
  • Open Access
905 Views
28 Pages

MQPD: An Antioxidant Quinone–Dopamine Hybrid Which Induces Sustained Brain Dopamine Elevation

  • Olga Kulikova,
  • Olga Adaeva,
  • Yulia Timoshina,
  • Denis Abaimov,
  • Olga Muzychuk,
  • Maxim Nesterov,
  • Alexander Lopachev,
  • Rogneda Kazanskaya,
  • Dmitry Demchuk and
  • Tatiana Fedorova
  • + 2 authors

27 November 2025

Parkinson’s disease (PD) therapy is challenged by the multifactorial nature of neurodegeneration, necessitating an approach combining dopamine replenishment and combating oxidative stress. This study characterizes the neuroprotective potential...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,745 Views
15 Pages

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays an important role within the brain by regulating a wide variety of cognitive and emotional processes. In cancer, its role is distinct and uncertain, but it is characterized by the interaction with its recepto...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,061 Views
8 Pages

A Concise Review of the Conflicting Roles of Dopamine-1 versus Dopamine-2 Receptors in Wound Healing

  • Alexandra R. Vaughn,
  • Michael James Davis,
  • Raja K. Sivamani and
  • Roslyn Rivkah Isseroff

26 December 2017

Catecholamines play an important regulatory role in cutaneous wound healing. The exact role of dopamine in human epidermis has yet to be fully elucidated. Current published evidence describes its differential effects on two separate families of G pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
8,664 Views
11 Pages

Electrochemical Aptasensor for Detection of Dopamine

  • Hisham Abu-Ali,
  • Cansu Ozkaya,
  • Frank Davis,
  • Nik Walch and
  • Alexei Nabok

This work presents a proof of concept of a novel, simple, and sensitive method of detection of dopamine, a neurotransmitter within the human brain. We propose a simple electrochemical method for the detection of dopamine using a dopamine-specific apt...

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  • Open Access
1,749 Views
21 Pages

3 August 2025

Dopamine transporter (DAT) mutations are associated with neurological and psychiatric diseases, and DAT gene knockout in rats (DAT-KO) provides an opportunity to evaluate the DAT role in pathological conditions. We analyzed DAT expression and co-expr...

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  • Open Access
23 Citations
11,227 Views
23 Pages

8 April 2014

Methamphetamine (METH) is a central nervous system psychostimulant with a high potential for abuse. At high doses, METH causes a selective degeneration of dopaminergic terminals in the striatum. Dopamine D2 receptor antagonists and dopamine transpor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,880 Views
34 Pages

Simulated Dopamine Modulation of a Neurorobotic Model of the Basal Ganglia

  • Tony J. Prescott,
  • Fernando M. Montes González,
  • Kevin Gurney,
  • Mark D. Humphries and
  • Peter Redgrave

The vertebrate basal ganglia play an important role in action selection—the resolution of conflicts between alternative motor programs. The effective operation of basal ganglia circuitry is also known to rely on appropriate levels of the neurot...

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  • Open Access
520 Views
30 Pages

Differences in the Effect of Dopamine on the Phototransduction Between Lampreys and Jawed Vertebrates

  • Darya A. Nikolaeva,
  • Alexander Yu. Rotov,
  • Irina Yu. Morina,
  • Michael L. Firsov,
  • Irina V. Romanova and
  • Luba A. Astakhova

31 January 2026

Dopamine is one of the most important neurotransmitters for regulating retinal function and adjusting vision to the diurnal cycle. It exerts its regulatory effects, in part, through the cAMP pathway. Previous studies have demonstrated that dopamine a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
15,151 Views
20 Pages

The Formation and Function of the VTA Dopamine System

  • Guoqiang Hou,
  • Mei Hao,
  • Jiawen Duan and
  • Ming-Hu Han

The midbrain dopamine system is a sophisticated hub that integrates diverse inputs to control multiple physiological functions, including locomotion, motivation, cognition, reward, as well as maternal and reproductive behaviors. Dopamine is a neurotr...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
19 Citations
15,507 Views
15 Pages

Dopamine Pharmacodynamics: New Insights

  • Fulvio Lauretani,
  • Francesco Giallauria,
  • Crescenzo Testa,
  • Claudia Zinni,
  • Beatrice Lorenzi,
  • Irene Zucchini,
  • Marco Salvi,
  • Raffaele Napoli and
  • Marcello Giuseppe Maggio

Dopamine is a key neurotransmitter involved in physiological processes such as motor control, motivation, reward, cognitive function, and maternal and reproductive behaviors. Therefore, dysfunctions of the dopaminergic system are related to a plethor...

  • Review
  • Open Access
200 Citations
15,638 Views
23 Pages

Electrochemical Biosensing of Dopamine Neurotransmitter: A Review

  • Sophie Lakard,
  • Ileana-Alexandra Pavel and
  • Boris Lakard

3 June 2021

Neurotransmitters are biochemical molecules that transmit a signal from a neuron across the synapse to a target cell, thus being essential to the function of the central and peripheral nervous system. Dopamine is one of the most important catecholami...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
7,548 Views
16 Pages

Dopamine Receptor Subtypes Differentially Regulate Autophagy

  • Dongmei Wang,
  • Xinmiao Ji,
  • Juanjuan Liu,
  • Zhiyuan Li and
  • Xin Zhang

Some dopamine receptor subtypes were reported to participate in autophagy regulation, but their exact functions and mechanisms are still unclear. Here we found that dopamine receptors D2 and D3 (D2-like family) are positive regulators of autophagy, w...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,582 Views
18 Pages

Somatostatin-Dopamine Chimeric Molecules in Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

  • Maria Celeste Cantone,
  • Alessandra Dicitore and
  • Giovanni Vitale

1 February 2021

Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are a widely heterogeneous family of neoplasms arising from neuroendocrine cells, which are interspersed throughout the body. Despite NENs are relatively rare, their incidence and prevalence are constantly increasing p...

  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
8,606 Views
22 Pages

Dopamine D1 Receptor in Cancer

  • Paweł Sobczuk,
  • Michał Łomiak and
  • Agnieszka Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska

2 November 2020

Dopamine is a biologically active compound belonging to catecholamines. It plays its roles in the human body, acting both as a circulating hormone and neurotransmitter. It acts through G-protein-coupled receptors divided into two subgroups: D1-like r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,305 Views
12 Pages

Investigating the Utility of Dopamine in Agricultural Practices: A Review

  • Wael M. Semida,
  • Kareem Khalafallah Abdeltawab,
  • Ashraf Sh. Osman and
  • Mohamed H. H. Roby

31 August 2025

Background/Objectives: Dopamine (DA), a chemical commonly associated with neuroscience and human physiology, has been the subject of growing interest in the field of agriculture due to its potential applications. Methods: This comprehensive review ex...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,662 Views
32 Pages

6 January 2025

Background/Objectives: The neurometabolic function is controlled by a complex multi-level physiological system that includes neurochemical, hormonal, immunological, sensory, and metabolic components. Functional disorders of monoamine systems are ofte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,472 Views
14 Pages

Dopamine Photochemical Behaviour under UV Irradiation

  • Alexandra Falamaş,
  • Anca Petran,
  • Alexandru-Milentie Hada and
  • Attila Bende

To understand the photochemical behaviour of the polydopamine polymer in detail, one would also need to know the behaviour of its building blocks. The electronic absorption, as well as the fluorescence emission and excitation spectra of the dopamine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,686 Views
17 Pages

Fluoride Affects Dopamine Metabolism and Causes Changes in the Expression of Dopamine Receptors (D1R and D2R) in Chosen Brain Structures of Morphine-Dependent Rats

  • Patrycja Kupnicka,
  • Joanna Listos,
  • Maciej Tarnowski,
  • Agnieszka Kolasa-Wołosiuk,
  • Agnieszka Wąsik,
  • Agnieszka Łukomska,
  • Katarzyna Barczak,
  • Izabela Gutowska,
  • Dariusz Chlubek and
  • Irena Baranowska-Bosiacka

Disturbances caused by excess or shortages of certain elements can affect the cerebral reward system and may therefore modulate the processes associated with the development of dependence as was confirmed by behavioural studies on animals addicted to...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,325 Views
13 Pages

Inhibition of PDE10A in a New Rat Model of Severe Dopamine Depletion Suggests New Approach to Non-Dopamine Parkinson’s Disease Therapy

  • Ilya Sukhanov,
  • Artem Dorotenko,
  • Zoia Fesenko,
  • Artem Savchenko,
  • Evgeniya V. Efimova,
  • Mikael S. Mor,
  • Irina V. Belozertseva,
  • Tatyana D. Sotnikova and
  • Raul R. Gainetdinov

21 December 2022

Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative pathology. Due to the limitations of existing therapeutic approaches, novel anti-parkinsonian medicines with non-dopamine mechanisms of action are clearly needed. One of the promis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,009 Views
13 Pages

N-Eicosapentaenoyl Dopamine, A Conjugate of Dopamine and Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA), Exerts Anti-inflammatory Properties in Mouse and Human Macrophages

  • Giuseppina Augimeri,
  • Pierluigi Plastina,
  • Giulia Gionfriddo,
  • Daniela Rovito,
  • Cinzia Giordano,
  • Alessia Fazio,
  • Ines Barone,
  • Stefania Catalano,
  • Sebastiano Andò and
  • Renger Witkamp
  • + 2 authors

18 September 2019

A large body of evidence suggests that dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), contribute to a reduced inflammatory tone thereby lowering the risk for several chronic and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,277 Views
10 Pages

24 January 2018

Carbon nanotube field-effect transistors are used extensively in ultra-sensitive biomolecule sensing applications. Along with high sensitivity, the possibility of regeneration is highly desired in bio-sensors. An important constituent of such bio-sen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,192 Views
15 Pages

Short-Term Consequences of Single Social Defeat on Accumbal Dopamine and Behaviors in Rats

  • Vsevolod V. Nemets,
  • Alex L. Deal,
  • Vladislav E. Sobolev,
  • Vladimir P. Grinevich,
  • Raul R. Gainetdinov and
  • Evgeny A. Budygin

24 December 2022

The present study aimed to explore the consequences of a single exposure to a social defeat on dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens measured with a fast-scan cyclic voltammetry. We found that 24 h after a social defeat, accumbal dopamine res...

  • Review
  • Open Access
78 Citations
10,872 Views
16 Pages

Sex Differences in Dopamine Receptors and Relevance to Neuropsychiatric Disorders

  • Olivia O. F. Williams,
  • Madeleine Coppolino,
  • Susan R. George and
  • Melissa L. Perreault

11 September 2021

Dopamine is an important neurotransmitter that plays a key role in neuropsychiatric illness. Sex differences in dopaminergic signaling have been acknowledged for decades and have been linked to sex-specific heterogeneity in both dopamine-related beha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,637 Views
9 Pages

3 December 2020

Dopamine receptor and dopamine transporter genes polymorphisms have been associated with cigarette smoking behaviour in different populations. The aim of this case–control study was to evaluate polymorphisms in the dopamine transporter gene (SL...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
28,213 Views
19 Pages

The hypothalamic neuropeptide and hormone oxytocin are of fundamental importance for maternal, social, and sexual behavior. Deviations in oxytocin levels have also been associated with anxiety, autism spectrum disorders (ASD), depression, ADHD (atten...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
15,887 Views
34 Pages

Dopamine regulates several functions, such as voluntary movements, spatial memory, motivation, sleep, arousal, feeding, immune function, maternal behaviors, and lactation. Less clear is the role of dopamine in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
72 Citations
8,621 Views
16 Pages

7 June 2017

A novel tyrosinase-based biosensor was developed for the detection of dopamine (DA). For increased selectivity, gold electrodes were previously modified with cobalt (II)-porphyrin (CoP) film with electrocatalytic activity, to act both as an electroch...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,597 Views
11 Pages

Topical Dopamine Application on Form-Deprivation Myopia in Rabbits

  • Dong Hyun Kim,
  • Jeong-Min Hwang and
  • Hee Kyung Yang

14 March 2025

Background/Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of topical dopamine administration in inhibiting form deprivation (FD) myopia in a rabbit model. Methods: A total of 16 neonatal New Zealand white rabbits were randomly assigned to t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,178 Views
18 Pages

Lipid Rafts and Dopamine Receptor Signaling

  • Victor J. Martinez,
  • Laureano D. Asico,
  • Pedro A. Jose and
  • Andrew C. Tiu

24 November 2020

The renal dopaminergic system has been identified as a modulator of sodium balance and blood pressure. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2018 in the United States, almost half a million deaths included hypertension as a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,982 Views
15 Pages

Phosphorylation Signals Downstream of Dopamine Receptors in Emotional Behaviors: Association with Preference and Avoidance

  • Xinjian Zhang,
  • Daisuke Tsuboi,
  • Yasuhiro Funahashi,
  • Yukie Yamahashi,
  • Kozo Kaibuchi and
  • Taku Nagai

1 October 2022

Dopamine regulates emotional behaviors, including rewarding and aversive behaviors, through the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway, which projects dopamine neurons from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens (NAc). Protein phosphorylation i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,122 Views
10 Pages

The Universal 3D QSAR Model for Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists

  • Agata Zięba,
  • Justyna Żuk,
  • Damian Bartuzi,
  • Dariusz Matosiuk,
  • Antti Poso and
  • Agnieszka A. Kaczor

14 September 2019

In order to search for novel antipsychotics acting through the D2 receptor, it is necessary to know the structure–activity relationships for dopamine D2 receptor antagonists. In this context, we constructed the universal three-dimensional quant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,554 Views
10 Pages

Template-Assisted Formation of Nanostructured Dopamine-Modified Polymers

  • Liping Zhu,
  • Takashi Isoshima,
  • Baiju G. Nair and
  • Yoshihiro Ito

2 November 2017

Dopamine-modified alginate and gelatin were prepared. The polymers were characterized and the properties of their aqueous solutions were investigated. Aqueous solutions of dopamine-modified alginate and gelatin with a concentration exceeding 20 mg/mL...

  • Review
  • Open Access
72 Citations
18,705 Views
20 Pages

Renal Dopamine Receptors, Oxidative Stress, and Hypertension

  • Santiago Cuevas,
  • Van Anthony Villar,
  • Pedro A. Jose and
  • Ines Armando

27 August 2013

Dopamine, which is synthesized in the kidney, independent of renal nerves, plays an important role in the regulation of fluid and electrolyte balance and systemic blood pressure. Lack of any of the five dopamine receptor subtypes (D1R, D2R, D3R, D4R,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,705 Views
16 Pages

Development of Electrochemical and Colorimetric Biosensors for Detection of Dopamine

  • Rimsha Khan,
  • Saima Anjum,
  • Nishat Fatima,
  • Nosheen Farooq,
  • Aqeela Shaheen,
  • Javier Fernandez Garcia,
  • Muhammad Imran Khan and
  • Abdallah Shanableh

Neurotransmitters are essential chemical messengers required for proper brain function, and any changes in their concentrations can lead to neuronal diseases. Therefore, sensitive and selective detection is crucial. This study presents a fast and sim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,918 Views
13 Pages

Quadruplex Integrated DNA (QuID) Nanosensors for Monitoring Dopamine

  • Jennifer M. Morales,
  • Christopher G. Skipwith and
  • Heather A. Clark

13 August 2015

Dopamine is widely innervated throughout the brain and critical for many cognitive and motor functions. Imbalances or loss in dopamine transmission underlie various psychiatric disorders and degenerative diseases. Research involving cellular studies...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,919 Views
16 Pages

Essential Pieces of the Puzzle: The Roles of VEGF and Dopamine in Aging

  • Melanie B. Thompson,
  • Sanjay P. Tirupattur,
  • Nandini Vishwakarma and
  • Laxmansa C. Katwa

31 July 2025

Aging is a well-known, complex physiological process characterized by progressive functional decline and increased susceptibility to disease, particularly in the cardiovascular and nervous systems. While genetic and environmental factors can shape it...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,234 Views
10 Pages

Dopamine: A New Player in the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy?

  • Marianthi Ntikoudi,
  • Theofano Myrto Farmaki and
  • Konstantinos Tziomalos

8 December 2024

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness. The pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy is multifactorial and incompletely understood. Accordingly, treatment options are limited. Recent data suggest that dopamine might play a role in the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,028 Views
10 Pages

25 January 2022

Dopamine has multiple functions in the modulation of social behavior and promotion of reproduction in eusocial Hymenoptera. In the honey bee, there are sex-specific differences in the regulation of dopamine production in the brain. These different do...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,263 Views
13 Pages

Smartphone-Based Dopamine Detection by Fluorescent Supramolecular Sensor

  • Rossella Santonocito,
  • Nunzio Tuccitto,
  • Andrea Pappalardo and
  • Giuseppe Trusso Sfrazzetto

3 November 2022

Supramolecular recognition of dopamine by two quinoxaline cavitands was studied in solution by fluorescence titrations, ESI-MS and ROESY measurements. In addition, the tetraquinoxaline cavitand was dropped onto a siloxane-based polymeric solid suppor...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,116 Views
14 Pages

From Selye’s and Szabo’s Cysteamine-Duodenal Ulcer in Rats to Dopamine in the Stomach: Therapy Significance and Possibilities

  • Predrag Sikiric,
  • Alenka Boban Blagaic,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Helena Zizek,
  • Luka Kalogjera,
  • Ivan Maria Smoday,
  • Vlasta Vukovic,
  • Katarina Oroz,
  • Helen Marie Chiddenton and
  • Sven Seiwerth
  • + 15 authors

7 December 2023

We reviewed gastric ulcer healing by dopamine considering several distinctive duodenal key points. Selye and Szabo describe the cysteamine-induced duodenal ulcer in rats as a duodenal stress ulcer in patients. Szabo’s cysteamine duodenal ulcer...

  • Review
  • Open Access
53 Citations
13,530 Views
20 Pages

17 December 2015

Although the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) has been a main target of antipsychotic pharmacotherapy for the treatment of schizophrenia, the standard treatment does not offer sufficient relief of symptoms to 20%–30% of patients suffering from this disord...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,601 Views
21 Pages

2 March 2023

Like some bacterial species and all animals, plants synthesize dopamine and react to its exogenous applications. Despite dopamine’s widespread presence and activity in plants, its role in plant physiology is still poorly understood. Using targe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,492 Views
15 Pages

Pharmacological Characterization of Purified Full-Length Dopamine Transporter from Drosophila melanogaster

  • Ciara Frances Pugh,
  • Brian Thomas DeVree,
  • Solveig Gaarde Schmidt and
  • Claus Juul Loland

28 November 2022

The dopamine transporter (DAT) is a member of the neurotransmitter:sodium symporter (NSS) family, mediating the sodium-driven reuptake of dopamine from the extracellular space thereby terminating dopaminergic neurotransmission. Our current structural...

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