Oscillating from Neurosecretion to Multitasking Dopamine Neurons.
In this issue of Cell Reports, Stagkourakis et al. (2016) report that oscillating hypothalamic TIDA neurons, previously thought to be simple neurosecretory neurons controlling pituitary prolactin secretion, control dopamine output via autoregulatory mechanisms and thus could potentially regulate other physiologically important hypothalamic neuronal circuits.
Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand. Electronic address: dave.grattan@otago.ac.nz.
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Department of Endodontics, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. Electronic address: akopian@uthscsa.edu.
Armen N
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Akopian
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