Scientists report molecular structure of dopamine receptor

Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 14:20 in Biology & Nature

A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has solved the structure of one of the receptors that responds to the neurotransmitter dopamine. Although dopamine transmission is essential to normal brain functioning, the biological assembly of the molecules involved in this crucial neuronal interplay had not been known—until now.

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