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Dancers do rule!


After analyzing DNA, researchers at the Hebrew University Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at Mt. Scopus, Givat Ram, Ein Karem, and Rehovot, Israel; coeducational. First proposed in 1882, formally opened 1925. It is the world's largest Jewish university and is noted for its work on the Dead Sea Scrolls. The university has faculties of humanities, mathematics and natural science, law, agriculture, and social sciences, as well as schools of education, social work, library and archive studies, and business, and operates the of Jerusalem concluded that dancers are genetically different from non-dancers. Their study last September examined the levels of serotonin serotonin /sero·to·nin/ (ser?o-to´nin) a hormone and neurotransmitter, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), found in many tissues, including blood platelets, intestinal mucosa, the pineal body, and the central nervous system; it has many physiologic properties including inhibition of gastric secretion, stimulation of smooth muscles, and production of vasoconstriction., a neurotransmitter
false neurotransmitter  an amine that can be stored in and released from presynaptic vesicles but that has little effect on postsynaptic receptors.


neu·ro·trans·mit·ter (nr
 that contributes to mood, and arginine arginine /ar·gi·nine/ (Arg) (R) (ahr´ji-nen) a nonessential amino acid occurring in proteins and involved in the urea cycle, which converts ammonia to urea, and in the synthesis of creatine. Preparations of the base or the glutamate or hydrochloride salt are used in the treatment of hyperammonemia and as a diagnostic aid in the assessment of pituitary function. vasopressin
VP A hormone, related to oxytocin, that is secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, constricts blood vessels, raises blood pressure, stimulates intestinal motility, and reduces the excretion of urine. Also called antidiuretic hormone.
 receptor la, a hormone associated with social communication and bonding. Results showed that dancers have higher levels of serotonin and arginine vasopressin than the non-dancer control group, indicating that dancers have potentially elevated communication skills and emotional experiences. You always knew you were meant to dance, now you know why!
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Title Annotation:dancers are genetically different
Publication:Dance Magazine
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:May 1, 2006
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