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...team, including Weiger, then tested this hypothesis by applying the substances to cells in the ventral nerve cord, and opposing postures were in fact generated...
Currently, Weiger is studying these "master cells." The entire nerve cord is removed from the animal, and the cells are then impaled with electrodes which measure their responses when various solutions containing the amines are passed over them...
This is just one of the facets of the project, said Weiger...
...time is coming when we need to bring together basic science and behavioral pharmacology," said Weiger, who plans to enter the field of psychiatry when she finishes her medical training...
...Weiger said that the lobster model may be applicable to human hormonal systems as well. Octopamine is the lobster's analogue to the human amine norepineophrine, and serotonin occurs in humans. Both of these substances, along with dopamine, have been implicated in depression, schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease...