The Variabilities of Dopamine (₯) - PART I:ChEBI:18243

What is the specific image of the charming and changeable dopamine among scientists? What is the family tree of dopamine established by chemists and information scientists? What is so called ontology? Let us try to brief in common words, knowledge ontology (ontology for short) is a basic computing model compiled by scientific experts in a specific field and fed to computers.

Today, we try to use the knowledge architecture of these computers to feed human readers in the context of popular science for writing and reading. This is an innovative creative experiment that uses dopamine to open a new chapter in popular science. It’s so exciting, so nervous for me. What are the benefits of learning about dopamine through Ontology?

1. Telling stories by the graphical structure of the basic knowledge summary, let people understand the information quickly and clearly at a glance.
2. Linking to specific knowledge bases, the information can be “tasted” briefly and deeply by human choices.
3. Are you in urgent need of inspiration tools? Why not try the ontological popular science for different creativity?

Chinese version published at CASE Science, Center for the Advancement of Science Education, National Taiwan, 2024-06-27 | English Version

Variabilities of Dopamine (₯) - Prequel

Dopamine should be the most well-known neurotransmitter in the human body. After all, who doesn’t like the “happy molecule”? But you know what? Dopamine is not that simple! There are still divergent opinions about the role she plays in the human body, and it is often said that her actions and reactions affect us in unexpected ways. This article uses the theme of anthropomorphic scientific information to observe and understand the development process of dopamine in the history of science and the different characteristics discovered at different stages. It uses the growth process of a girl as a metaphor to observe and understand it as a leading story to understand the complete knowledge structure of dopamine.

Chinese version published at CASE Science, Center for the Advancement of Science Education, National Taiwan, 2024-04-24 | English Version