Cell ID: CL0000700

Cell Name: dopaminergic neuron

CSI Thresholds:

Select	Context	Threshold
	Overall	287.7294
	Parkinson disease	1279.0041
	Substantia nigra pars compacta + Parkinson disease	1279.0041
	Substantia nigra pars compacta + Lewy body dementia	908.6390
	Lewy body dementia	908.6390
	Substantia nigra pars compacta	430.8184
	Ventral lateral nucleus of thalamus + Healthy	125.5569
	Ventral lateral nucleus of thalamus	125.2842
	Lateral geniculate body + Healthy	113.9582
	Lateral geniculate body	112.5467
	Nucleus accumbens + Healthy	82.3616
	Nucleus accumbens	82.0343
	Medial dorsal nucleus of thalamus	69.4058
	Medial dorsal nucleus of thalamus + Healthy	69.2614
	Head of caudate nucleus	25.1624
	Head of caudate nucleus + Healthy	24.9214
	Prefrontal cortex	20.8569
	Primary motor cortex + Healthy	20.4614
	Cerebellar vermis	19.9641
	Primary motor cortex	19.8111
	Cerebellar vermis + Healthy	19.6667
	Cerebrocerebellum + Healthy	17.2732
	Cerebrocerebellum	17.1102
	Amygdala	12.1353
	Pons + Healthy	12.0147
	Pons	12.0146
	Amygdala + Healthy	11.8119
	Medulla oblongata	9.1104
	Medulla oblongata + Healthy	9.0499
	Prefrontal cortex + Healthy	8.3098
	Midbrain + Healthy	7.5187
	Midbrain	7.4916
	Healthy	2.2318
	Primary visual cortex	2.2145
	Corpus callosum + Healthy	1.9574
	Corpus callosum	1.9318
	Inferior temporal gyrus	0.6966
	Inferior temporal gyrus + Healthy	0.6962
	Perirhinal cortex	0.5798
	Perirhinal cortex + Healthy	0.5778
	Superior parietal cortex	0.3352
	Superior parietal cortex + Healthy	0.3341
	Brodmann (1909) area 19	0.3257
	Brodmann (1909) area 19 + Healthy	0.3243
	Superior temporal sulcus + Healthy	0.2674
	Superior temporal sulcus	0.2674
	Inferior parietal cortex	0.1384
	Inferior parietal cortex + Healthy	0.1376
	Entorhinal cortex	-0.9195
	Entorhinal cortex + Healthy	-0.9273
	Hippocampal formation	-11.6327
	Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex + Healthy	-11.8164
	Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex	-12.0723
	Hippocampal formation + Healthy	-15.1128
	Anterior cingulate cortex + Healthy	-16.5094
	Anterior cingulate cortex	-16.5270
	Primary auditory cortex	-18.3346
	Primary auditory cortex + Healthy	-18.3720
	Primary visual cortex + Healthy	-19.5856
	Primary somatosensory cortex	-46.9212
	Primary somatosensory cortex + Healthy	-47.0133

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(Cell Significance Index is uniquely calculated using our advanced thresholding algorithms to reveal cell-specific gene markers.)

Description: A neuron that releases dopamine as a neurotransmitter.

Synonyms: dopaminergic cell