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dopaminoceptive

dopaminoceptive adjective: having a receptor sensitive to dopamine.

Adjective

dopaminoceptive (not comparable)

  1. Having 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 of dopaminoceptive

From dopamine + -ceptive.

Questions about dopaminoceptive

What does dopaminoceptive mean?
Dopaminoceptive means having a receptor sensitive to dopamine.
What part of speech is dopaminoceptive?
Dopaminoceptive is an adjective.

Words near dopaminoceptive in the dictionary

  1. dopaminelike
  2. dopaminergic
  3. dopaminergically
  4. dopaminergics
  5. dopamines
  6. dopaminoceptive
  7. dopaminochrome
  8. dopaminomimetic
  9. dopaminoreceptive
  10. dopaminotrophic
  11. dopaminylation

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