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Overview of dopamine-related activity in the reward system. Dopamine levels peak in the active phase when tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) levels are high while monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) levels are low and dopamine transporter (DAT) activity is decreased. This corresponds to core clock gene expression in the striatum, which regulates the expression of these dopamine metabolism-related gene expressions
