Phylogeny and Development of Catecholamine Systems in the CNS of Vertebrates
Contributors: Wilhelmus J. A. Smeets (Editor); Anton Reiner (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 27, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780521442510
Subjects: Neurosciences; Vertebrates; Science/Mathematics; Medical; Developmental Neurobiology; Neurophysiology; Science; Physiology; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Medical / Neuroscience; Sympathetic nervous system--Evolution; Sympathetic nervous system; Adrenergic mechanisms; Dopaminergic mechanisms; Evolution; Noradrenergic mechanisms
First sentence: Catecholamines are a group of organic compounds consisting of benzene ring with two adjacent hydroxyl groups (the catechol portion of the cetechoIamine) and an opposing amine side chain (Fig. 1.1).