Dopaminergic Neurons

"Dopaminergic Neurons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Neurons whose primary neurotransmitter is DOPAMINE.

Descriptor ID	D059290
MeSH Number(s)	A08.675.278 A11.671.270
Concept/Terms	Dopaminergic Neurons Dopaminergic Neurons Dopaminergic Neuron Neuron, Dopaminergic Neurons, Dopaminergic Dopamine Neurons Dopamine Neuron Neuron, Dopamine Neurons, Dopamine

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Neurons [A08.675]
Dopaminergic Neurons [A08.675.278]
Cells [A11]
Neurons [A11.671]
Dopaminergic Neurons [A11.671.270]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2011	1	0	1
2012	0	1	1
2013	3	0	3
2014	1	2	3
2015	0	1	1
2019	1	1	2
2020	4	2	6
2021	2	4	6
2023	0	1	1
2024	1	0	1
2025	0	1	1

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Buck SA, Mabry SJ, Glausier JR, Banks-Tibbs T, Ward C, Kozel J, Fu C, Fish KN, Lewis DA, Logan RW, Freyberg Z. Aging disrupts the coordination between mRNA and protein expression in mouse and human midbrain. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 Jul; 30(7):3039-3054.

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Petersen N, McCann KE, Stavarache MA, Kim LY, Weinshenker D, Winder DG. Adenosine A2A Receptors Link Astrocytic a1-Adrenergic Signaling to Wake-Promoting Dopamine Neurons. Biol Psychiatry. 2025 May 01; 97(9):915-928.

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Molas S, Zhao-Shea R, Freels TG, Tapper AR. Viral Tracing Confirms Paranigral Ventral Tegmental Area Dopaminergic Inputs to the Interpeduncular Nucleus Where Dopamine Release Encodes Motivated Exploration. eNeuro. 2023 01; 10(1).

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Fagan RR, Kearney PJ, Luethi D, Bolden NC, Sitte HH, Emery P, Melikian HE. Dopaminergic Ric GTPase activity impacts amphetamine sensitivity and sleep quality in a dopamine transporter-dependent manner in Drosophila melanogaster. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 12; 26(12):7793-7802.

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Doyle MA, Bali V, Eagle AL, Stark AR, Fallon B, Neve RL, Robison AJ, Mazei-Robison MS. Serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 activity in ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons regulates cocaine conditioned place preference but not cocaine self-administration. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 08; 46(9):1574-1583.

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Buck SA, Steinkellner T, Aslanoglou D, Villeneuve M, Bhatte SH, Childers VC, Rubin SA, De Miranda BR, O'Leary EI, Neureiter EG, Fogle KJ, Palladino MJ, Logan RW, Glausier JR, Fish KN, Lewis DA, Greenamyre JT, McCabe BD, Cheetham CEJ, Hnasko TS, Freyberg Z. Vesicular glutamate transporter modulates sex differences in dopamine neuron vulnerability to age-related neurodegeneration. Aging Cell. 2021 05; 20(5):e13365.

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Buck SA, De Miranda BR, Logan RW, Fish KN, Greenamyre JT, Freyberg Z. VGLUT2 Is a Determinant of Dopamine Neuron Resilience in a Rotenone Model of Dopamine Neurodegeneration. J Neurosci. 2021 06 02; 41(22):4937-4947.

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Bali V, Simmons SC, Manning CE, Doyle MA, Rodriguez M, Stark AR, Ayala Rosario SN, Robison AJ, Mazei-Robison MS. Characterization of proinflammatory markers in the ventral tegmental area across mouse models of chronic stress. Neuroscience. 2021 05 01; 461:11-22.

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Doyle MA, Mazei-Robison MS. Opioid-Induced Molecular and Cellular Plasticity of Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2021 02 01; 11(2).

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Tapper AR, Molas S. Midbrain circuits of novelty processing. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2020 12; 176:107323.

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