Dopamine
Title:
Dopamine
Author:
Dunnett, S. B. (Stephen B.)
ISBN:
9780444517784
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2005.
Physical Description:
xix, 588 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Series:
Handbook of chemical neuroanatomy, v. 21
Series Title:
Handbook of chemical neuroanatomy, 0924-8196 ; v. 21
Contents:
I. The organization and circuits of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons and the distribution of dopamine receptors in the brain. -- II. Signal transduction of dopamine receptors. -- III. The use of dopamine receptor knockout mice to understand brain dopamine neurotransmission and sprouting in the nigrostriatal pathway. -- IV. Structural and functional interactions in the striatum at the receptor level. -- V. Motor function(s) of the nigrostriatal dopamine system: studies of lesions and behaviour. -- VI. Dopamine motivation and reward. -- VII. Role of cortical and striatal dopamine in cognitive function. -- VIII. Functional neuroanatomy of hypothalamic dopaminergic neuroendocrine systems. -- IX. Human forebrain dopamine systems: characterization of the normal brain and in relation to psychiatric disorders.
Abstract:
Dopamine is a major neurotransmitter of the brain involved in the control of movement, emotion, and cognition; disturbance in dopamine function is associated with disorders like Parkinsons disease, schizophrenia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. <P> This volume of the <IT>Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy</IT> provides a series of in depth critical reviews of our present understanding of the most important aspects of dopamines organisation and disturbed function in the animal and human brain.
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