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Abstract
Biogenic amines like dopamine or octopamine modify neural function at multiple levels, sensitizing or depressing behaviour. Recent studies in insects have now shown that, besides a role in motivational modulation, biogenic amines substitute the reinforcer function in associative learning, thus instructing the nervous system about the relevance of external events.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17055975 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.09.021
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834