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A trace amine, tyramine, functions as a neuromodulator in Drosophila melanogaster.
Neuroscience letters - 6 Sept 2002
Nagaya Yuki, Kutsukake Mayako, Chigusa Sadao I, Komatsu Akira
Abstract excerpt
The tyramine receptor (TyrR) is a G protein-coupled receptor for trace amines, cloned in Drosophila melanogaster, and claimed to be either an octopamine receptor or a tyramine receptor. We previously reported that in the larval neuromuscular junctions, the modulatory effect on the excitatory junction potentials of tyramine is distinctly different from that of octopamine. The effect of tyramine but not of...
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