@fractal_verse Translation: Remove gene = depressed animal. No ability to safely release dopamine nor serotonin into the brain where it would make you feel things, like love, or happiness, or winning.
This was after the pie to the face>?
@fractal_verse VMAT2 (Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2), scientifically aka SLC18A2 gene. Encodes a critical transmembrane protein responsible for packaging neurotransmitters (dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, &histamine) into synaptic vesicles so they can be safely released in the brain.