Biogenic amines : pharmacological, neurochemical and molecular aspects in the CNS /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Farooqui, Tahira, Farooqui, Akhlaq A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Biomedical Books, [2010]
Series:Pharmacology-research, safety testing, and regulation series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Biogenic amines : a historical perspective
  • Life's requirements for catecholamines
  • Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase
  • Striatal dopamine storage and utilization
  • The importance of monoamine transporters in the development of psychopharmacology
  • Amine false transmitters, co-transmitters and volume transmission : fifty years of exceptions to the standard model of chemical neurotransmission
  • Pharmacological approaches for the evaluation of drug-receptor related events
  • What has 6-hydroxydopamine taught us about Parkinson's disease?
  • The molecular and genetic basis of Parkinson disease
  • Modulation of neurotransmission signaling by neural membrane polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Estrogen-dopamine interactions in forebrain modulation of the sensorimotor gating
  • Stereoselectivity of norepinephrine enantiomers at pre and post-junctional adrenoceptors
  • Trace amines and their receptors comprise a novel vertebrate aminergic signalling system
  • Quantification of octopamine in invertebrate and vertebrate nervous systems
  • Pharmacology of invertebrate octopamine and tyramine receptors
  • The cellular and molecular biology of octopaminergic neurons
  • Perspective and future developments on biogenic amines in the CNS