- From: Maryann Martone <maryann@ncmir.ucsd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:07:28 -0500
- To: Kei Cheung <kei.cheung@yale.edu>
- Cc: "neurolex@googlegroups.com" <neurolex@googlegroups.com>, HCLS <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
Yes that's correct. The vta is next to the sn Sent from my iPhone On Dec 23, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Kei Cheung <kei.cheung@yale.edu> wrote: > Thanks for confirming. I also found in neurolex the following: > "Ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron". That means dopamine neuron > (or dopaminergic cell) can be found in more than one brain region. > As far as the "substantia nigra" is concerned, dopamine neuron is > only found in its subregion " pars compacta". > > -Kei > > Maryann Martone wrote: > >> Yes >> >> On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Kei Cheung wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Maryann. In other words, dopamine (or dopaminergic) >>> neurons are found only in the pars cmpacta portion of the >>> substantia nigra. >>> >>> -Kei >>> >>> Maryann Martone wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, they are same as the dopaminergic neurons are in the pars >>>> compacta. >>>> >>>> On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:36 PM, Kei Cheung wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm posting the following question to the neurolex group in the >>>>> hope of >>>>> getting some neuroscience domain expert input to our microarray >>>>> use case >>>>> (http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLSIG_BioRDF_Subgroup/ >>>>> QueryFederation2 ). >>>>> >>>>> One of the microarray experiments mentions "substantia nigra >>>>> dopamine >>>>> neuron". I searched neurolex and found the following: >>>>> "substantia nigra >>>>> pars compacta dopaminergic cell". Are they the same? As I >>>>> understand it, >>>>> pars compacta is a portion of substantia nigra >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> -Kei >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>> Google Groups "neurolex" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to neurolex@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neurolex+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neurolex?hl=en >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Maryann Martone, Ph. D. >>>> Professor-in-Residence >>>> Department of Neuroscience >>>> University of California, San Diego >>>> San Diego, CA 92093-0446 >>>> >>>> 858-822-0745 >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> Maryann Martone, Ph. D. >> Professor-in-Residence >> Department of Neuroscience >> University of California, San Diego >> San Diego, CA 92093-0446 >> >> 858-822-0745 >> >> >
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