responsible
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If rapid dopamine bursts were responsible for movement vigor, changing dopamine levels at that exact moment should have altered how fast or forcefully the mice moved.
From Science Daily
The infrastructure and community ministers both told the Northern Ireland Assembly their departments were not responsible for compensation in such cases.
From BBC
"The idea that the region responsible for the problem could now become part of the solution is a very seductive narrative," said the head of this environmental NGO, Truls Gulowsen.
From Barron's
He added he was sure there were people in Cardiff who knew who was responsible for the attack, including some who had been in touch with police in the past 12 months since Leon's death.
From BBC
Yet importers are responsible for the accuracy of their submissions.
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