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I've added this desperately stubby stub because it's called for by the Wikipedia:2004 Encyclopedia topics page; I'm sure we can improve it. seglea 4 July 2005 17:43 (UTC)

I have deleted the following because I think it's inaccurate - so far as I know, a neurone triggered by dopamine is called dopaminergic, etc. If you have authority for the statement, please revert my edit (but give the authority here).

"or related catecholamines such as dopamine, serotonin (5-HT) or noradrenaline (norepinephrine)"