The Handbook of Dopamine

Auteur

Dr. Stephanie Cragg is a professor of neuroscience at Oxford University. She runs a laboratory on understanding dopamine neurotransmission.

Dr. Mark Walton is currently a professor of behavioral neuroscience at Oxford University. His laboratory, the Walton Lab, researches how value is learned and influences decision making within defined brain systems.

Texte du rabat
The Handbook of Dopamine Systems explores the function of dopamine neurons that spans from molecular, cellular, synaptic, and circuits to behavior, and finally, dysfunction in disease. This volume maps out the anatomical organization and molecular diversity of dopamine that is increasingly better understood through large scale analyses. It compiles the latest research from many prominent figures still involved in dopamine research with content included that reflects many new developments, such as genetic analyses, manipulations, optogenetics, fluorescent probes, real-time optical imaging, multichannel recordings, behavioral analyses, and human neuron modeling.

Contenu

1. Introduction A general perspective on dopamine
   
   2. Molecular neuroanatomy of dopamine neurons: Development, diversity and connectivity
   3. Dopamine neuron physiology: Ionic mechanisms to action potential generation
   4. Dopamine transmission: Release, regulation and receptors
   5. Dopamine in postsynaptic integration and plasticity
   6. Dopamine function in learning and reinforcement
   7. Dopamine signalling in reward-guided behaviour
   8. Dopamine function in homeostasis: nutrition, arousal and stress
   9. Dopamine dysfunction: from neurology to psychiatry