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The monoaminergic system is a bilaterian innovation

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Goulty, Matthew, Botton-Amiot, Gaelle, Rosato, Ezio, Sprecher, Simon G., Feuda, Roberto·2023·Nature Communications

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Monoamines like serotonin, dopamine, and adrenaline/noradrenaline (epinephrine/norepinephrine) act as neuromodulators in the nervous system. They play a role in complex behaviours, cognitive functions such as learning and memory formation, as well as fundamental homeostatic processes such as sleep and feeding. However, the evolutionary origin of the genes required for monoaminergic modulation is uncertain. Using a phylogenomic approach, in this study, we show that most of the genes involved in monoamine production, modulation, and reception originated in the bilaterian stem group. This suggests that the monoaminergic system is a bilaterian novelty and that its evolution may have contributed to the Cambrian diversification.

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  • Monoaminergic and glutamatergic systems play a critical role in mood, behavioral, and cognitive regulation, including predictive performance.

    “both playing a critical role in mood, behavioral, and cognitive regulation, including predictive performance (Gilbert et al., 2022; Goulty et al., 2023; Pal, 2021; Sanacora et al., 2008).”

    From Predictive coding in neuropsychiatric disorders: a systematic transdiagnostic review. (2025) · cites this paper as Goulty et al., 2023

    The Introduction says monoamines regulate behaviour and contribute to cognitive functions and emotional states. It does not establish the same role for glutamatergic systems or address predictive performance; searches for those terms found no supporting passage in our copy. Page numbers were not supplied. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Mood disorders are typically managed with medications acting on the monoaminergic and glutamatergic systems.

    “mood disorders are typically managed with medications acting on the monoaminergic and glutamatergic systems”

    From Predictive coding in neuropsychiatric disorders: a systematic transdiagnostic review. (2025) · cites this paper as Goulty et al., 2023

    The Introduction (page unavailable) describes monoamines’ roles in emotional states and the mechanisms of monoamine signalling, but does not address how mood disorders are managed. Searches for mood-disorder medications, glutamatergic treatments, and antidepressants found no passage supporting the treatment claim. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  1. [6]Di Giovanni, G., Chagraoui, A., Bharatiya, R. & De Deurwaerdère, P. in Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience (eds. Müller, C. P. & Cunningham, K. A.) Vol. 31, 197–215 (Elsevier, 2020).
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Authors
Goulty, M., Botton-Amiot, G., Rosato, E., Sprecher, S. G., & Feuda, R.
Affiliations
  • University of Leicester (GB)
  • University of Fribourg (CH)
Corresponding author
Feuda, Roberto
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2023-06-06
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
3284-3284
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4379533981
Cited by
60
References
104
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 6
FWCI
12.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Royal Society (UF160226, RGF\EA\180052)
  • EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (765937)
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (IZCOZ0_182957, 310030_188471)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Keywords
monoaminergic systems, monoamines, serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, neuromodulation, evolutionary origin, phylogenomics, gene evolution
MeSH terms
Catecholamines, Dopamine, Epinephrine, Norepinephrine, Serotonin

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