Full Description
"Details the function, characterization, and physiology of various dopamine receptor/transporter systems and explores their role in etiology, diagnosis, and disease management."
Contents
Part 1: Origin and evolution of dopamine receptors and transporters in vertebrates; structure of mammalian D1 and D5 dopamine receptors and their function and regulation in cells. Part 2: Organization of dopamine systems in the mammalian brain;interactions of DA receptor subtypes with other receptor systems. Part 3: overview of schizophrenia; dopaminergic systems in Parkinson's disease. Part 4: dopamine transporters - structure-activity relationships and regulation in neurones; dopaminetransporters - pharmacology and invovlement in neurolopsychiatric diseases. Part 5: imaging dopamine transmission in schizophrenia and other major psychiatric disorders; imaging dopamine transporters in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.