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The Science of Dopamine
In the brain, dopamine, acetylcholine, serotonin and norepinephrine have a more global function. They don't necessarily excite or inhibit activity of these cells; they just modulate the activity of local networks. So my job would be to understand how these molecules work together to sculpt network states. In the context of cognitive tasks, like very specifically, working memory.