4.1 – Overview of Chemical Biology
Learning Objectives
- Understand key points of the case study:
- Dopamine plays a role in learning and memory formation in bees and humans
- HVA (homovanillyl alcohol) acts to inhibit dopamine production in bee neural cells and suppresses negative memories, impacting on aversion learning.
- A chemical assay serves as a surrogate for a complex biological phenomenon such as the inhibition of dopamine production in bee neural cells