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Imaging Dopamine

Author: Paul Cumming

Date Published: April 2009
availability: Available
format: Hardback
isbn: 9780521790024

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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 synthesis in the brain to its signalling mechanisms and ultimately to its metabolic breakdown. Using colour illustrations of positron emission tomography (PET) scans, each chapter presents a specific stage in the biochemical pathway for dopamine. Writing for researchers and graduate students, Paul Cumming presents a compilation of all that has been learned about dopamine through molecular imaging, a technology which allows the measurement of formerly invisible processes in the living brain. He reviews current technical controversies in the interpretation of dopamine imaging, and presents key results illuminating brain dopamine in illness and health.
- Sequential presentation of the pathway for dopamine, in the manner of a life-history of the molecule
- Each step in the dopamine pathway is richly illustrated with exemplary positron emission tomography (PET) images
- Includes a comprehensive summary of biochemical literature on dopamine metabolism, allowing PET results to be assessed in light of more classical methods
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Product details
- Date Published: April 2009
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521790024
- length: 356 pages
- dimensions: 255 x 178 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.88kg
- contains: 20 colour illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. The life history of dopamine
2. Enzymology of tyrosine hydroxylase
3. The assay of tyrosine hydroxylase
4. Enzymology of aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (AAADC)
5. PET studies of DOPA utilization
6. Conjugation and sulfonation of dopamine and its metabolites
7. Dopamine synthesis and metabolism rates
8. MAO activity in brain
9. Vesicular storage of dopamine
10. Dopamine release: from vesicles to behavior
11. The plasma membrane dopamine transporter (DAT)
12. Dopamine receptors
13. Imaging dopamine D1 receptors
14. Imaging dopamine D2 receptors
15. Factors influencing D2 binding in living brain
16. The absolute abundance of dopamine receptors in brain
17. Perspectives.
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Paul Cumming
Paul Cumming is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Ludwig-Maximillian University in Germany. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the journals Synapse, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, and NeuroImage.