[Tex/LaTex] Why isn’t the title showing up

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Note: This question's answer does not apply to my question.

I've written just about the simplest .tex file I can imagine:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\title{The Influence of Dopamine on GABAergic and Glutamatergic
  Transmission in the Prefrontal Cortex}
\end{document}

When I generate a .pdf file from this, the title doesn't appear. When I add text between my call to \title and my call to \end, that text appears, but the title, still, does not.

What am I doing wrong? What is the right way to use the \title command?

Best Answer

\title{} just tells LaTeX what the title is. It doesn't produce any output. To actually typeset the title, use \maketitle. 

\title{My title}
\author{Me}
\date{}% if you don't want a date
\maketitle
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