Dopamine
<p>May 02, 2014 10:57 AM</p>
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see "in the brain"</p>
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a total of around 400,000 DA = dopamine neurons in the human brain;
cell bodies in...</p>
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Substantia Nigra = SN pars compacta (dark substance: the DA neurons are darkly pigmented).
(death of these cells => Parkinsons)</p>
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VTA ventral tegmental area also in midbrain; largest group of DA cells in human brain;
projections go to Nac = Nucleus accumbens and PFC.</p>