Imaging dopamine /

Since its discovery 50 years ago, brain dopamine has been implicated in the control of movement and cognition, and is concerned with diverse brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and drug addiction. This book is an illustrated biography of the dopamine molecule, from its syn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cumming, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Dopamine.
Tomography, Emission.
Single-photon emission computed tomography.
Molecular radiobiology.
Dopamine
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Tomography, Emission-Computed
Tomographie par émission.
Tomographie par émission monophotonique.
Radiobiologie moléculaire.
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.
Molecular radiobiology
Single-photon emission computed tomography
Tomography, Emission
Dopamin.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The life history of dopamine
  • Enzymology of tyrosine hydroxylase
  • The assay of tyrosine hydroxylase
  • Enzymology of aromatic amino acid decarboxylase
  • PET studies of DOPA utilization
  • Conjugation and sulfonation of dopamine and its metabolites
  • Dopamine synthesis and metabolism rates
  • MAO activity in the brain
  • Vesicular storage of dopamine
  • Dopamine release : from vesicles to behavior
  • The plasma membrane dopamine transporter
  • Dopamine receptors
  • Imaging dopamine D1 receptors
  • Imaging dopamine D2 receptors
  • Factors influencing D2 binding in living brain
  • The absolute abundance of dopamine receptors in brain.

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