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NRSC 2100 Biogenic amines TEST PREP Biogenic amines • These transmitters are only made by a small fraction of neurons in the brain • Still very important, targets of many drugs of abuse, drugs used to modulate affect o Affect- medical term for emotional state or mood affective disorders are disorders of mood • Catecholamines: dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine- all derived from tyrosine o Catecholamine synthesis- first enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase o Histamine- derived from histi...