Role in Cognition and Frontal Cortex Function. In the frontal lobes, dopamine plays a role in controlling the flow of information from other areas of the brain. Dopamine disorders in the frontal lobes can cause a decline in neurocognitive function, particularly those linked to the frontal lobes, such as memory, attention and problem solving.
Our terrapins suffer from a serious loss of habitat. New Jersey has experienced explosive development of its wetlands. When wetlands are filled and covered for the construction of buildings, the terrapins lose their homes.Our community of Somers Point provides a good example of the rapid growth and development in our region. We are losing open space rapidly.hen wetlands are filled and covered for the construction of buildings, the terrapins lose their homes. Our community of Somers Point provides a good example of the rapid growth and development in our region.
Recent global estimates of nesting females of the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) runs between 26,000 and 43,000. See the related Wikipedia link listed below for more information: Leatherback turtles are listed as endangered on the Species at Risk List in Canada, and are on the Endangered Species List in the United States. There are estimated to be between 34,000 and 36,000 nesting females left worldwide (compared to 115,000 nesting females in 1980).