2. Adjective. Of or relating to dopamine. ¹
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Definition of Dopaminergic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Dopaminergic
1. Relating to nerve cells or fibres that employ dopamine as their neurotransmitter. Origin: dopamine + G. Ergon, work (05 Mar 2000)
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1. Cocaine: Pharmacology, Effects, and Treatment of Abuse edited by John Grabowski (1994)
"The brain stimulation reinforcement seems to activate dopaminergic synapses
indirectly, by stimulating the fibers that make anatomical contact with the ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The availability of drugs such as nomifensine, whose action rests on the integrity
of dopaminergic transmission in the CNS, offers a valid pharmacologic ..."
3. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"In contrast, dopaminergic receptor stimulation appears to play an inhibitory
role ¡n the regulation of vasopressin, but not oxytocin secretion in pregnant ..."
4. Individual Differences in the Behavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse edited by Harold W. Gordon, Meyer D. Glantz (1997)
"As discussed above (Specific Aim 1), studies in animal models suggest that
dopaminergic systems mediate individual differences in locomotor activity related ..."
5. Nicotine in Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Products Is a Drug and These edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"A- Nicotine and other drugs of abuse produce their rewarding or reinforcing
effects by stimulating the release of dopamine from dopaminergic neurons within ..."
6. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"The present study examined the effects of dopaminergic agonists with various
mechanisms ... Overall, these data suggest that only some forms of dopaminergic ..."
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