dopamine

Converse of object

• replace: The mainstay of treating Parkinson's disease is to replace dopamine in the brain.
• produce: These cells produce dopamine - a chemical which plays a key role in movement.
• call: They work by reducing the action of a particular chemical messenger in the brain called dopamine.
• release: When you are attracted to someone your brain releases the drug dopamine giving the same reaction that taking cocaine or speed would create.
• make: So our idea is to try and change these cells specifically into ones that make dopamine or insulin.

Preposition: in

• brain: The mainstay of treating Parkinson's disease is to replace dopamine in the brain.

Adjective modifier

• enough: Parkinson's patients do not produce enough dopamine, which affects co-ordination.
• chemical: These are neurons that produce the chemical messenger dopamine.

Modifies a noun

• agonist: Research into dopamine agonist skin patches is in progress.
• d2: Dopamine D2 receptors, which may play a role in bipolar disorder, are also involved in mediating suppression of the immune system.
• receptor: To achieve complete specificity for dopamine receptor subtypes it is necessary to use a genetic approach which involves deleting genes for each receptor subtype.
• antagonist: Hahn B, Shoaib, M, Stolerman IP ( 2002 ) Effects of dopamine receptor antagonists on nicotine-induced attentional enhancement.
• transporter: A normal dose administered to children blocked 70 per cent of the dopamine transporters.
• neuron: In some recent research scientists managed to get mouse embryonic stem cells to form dopamine neurons.

Noun used with modifier

• neurotransmitter: A mutation in a receptor for the neurotransmitter dopamine has been found on chromosome 11 or 18.
• brain: Uprima is absorbed under the tongue, stimulating the brain chemical dopamine, which starts the signal for an erection.
• chemical: The chemical dopamine is then released in the brain, which leads to feelings of contentment.
• nigrostriatal: In turn, nigrostriatal dopamine has been suggested to be critical for the execution of sequential movements.
• messenger: These are neurons that produce the chemical messenger dopamine.
• release: Dopamine Systems in the Brain There are a number of collections of nerves in the brain that release dopamine.