Imaging dopamine
By: by Paul Cumming.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521790024
Subjects: Dopamine; Tomography, Emission; Single-photon emission computed tomography; Molecular radiobiology; Dopamine; Tomography, Emission-Computed
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The life history of dopamine; title: Enzymology of tyrosine hydroxylase; title: The assay of tyrosine hydroxylase; title: Enzymology of aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (AAADC); title: PET studies of DOPA utilization; title: Conjugation and sulfonation of dopamine and its metabolites; title: Dopamine synthesis and metabolism rates; title: MAO activity in brain; title: Vesicular storage of dopamine; title: Dopamine release : from vesicles to behavior; title: The plasma membrane dopamine transporter (DAT); title: Dopamine receptors; title: Imaging dopamine D1 receptors; title: Imaging dopamine D2 receptors; title: Factors influencing D2 binding in living brain; title: The absolute abundance of dopamine receptors in brain; title: Perspectives.