Screen LibraryDopamine : endocrine and oncogenic functions /
Dopamine is a small molecule traditionally regarded as a brain-derived neuronal modulator implicated in many neurological and psychiatric disorders. Outside the brain, dopamine fulfills all the criteria of a circulating hormone which affects normal and abnormal functions of multiple organs and regul...
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CRC Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Boca Raton, FL : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
Dopamine is a small molecule traditionally regarded as a brain-derived neuronal modulator implicated in many neurological and psychiatric disorders. Outside the brain, dopamine fulfills all the criteria of a circulating hormone which affects normal and abnormal functions of multiple organs and regulatory systems and is also involved in many aspects of cancer formation and progression. This book provides a much needed systematic account of dopamine as an endocrine and autocrine/paracrine hormone and fills a major gap in the overall understanding of the production, distribution and actions of |
| Carrier Form: | x, 423 pages : color illustrations, forms ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138392236 (hardback) : 1138392235 (hardback) 9780429402272 (electronic book) 0429402279 (electronic book) 9780429688461 (electronic book) 0429688466 (electronic book) 9780429688478 (electronic book) 0429688474 (electronic book) 9780429688485 (electronic book) 0429688482 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | QP563 |
| CLC: | Q422 |
| Call Number: | Q422/B456 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1: Homeostasis of dopamine. Chapter 2: Dopamine receptors and their signaling. Chapter 3: Anatomical and endocrine aspects of brain dopamine. Chapter 4: Attributes of peripheral dopamine. Chapter 5: Renal and cardiovascular functions of dopamine. Chapter 6: Digestive and metabolic actions of dopamine. Chapter 7: Dopamine and hematopoiesis. Chapter 8: Regulation of reproduction by dopamine. Chapter 9: Cutaneous actions of dopamine. Chapter 10: Dopamine and tumorigenesis in reproductive tissues. Chapter 11: Dopamine, hematologic and GI-related cancers. Chapter 12: Actions of dopamine o |