Development of Dopaminergic Neurons (Neuroscience Intelligence Unit) - Hardcover

With contributors from the anatomy, cell biology, molecular genetics, cognitive sciences, neuroscience, and pharmacology departments of universities and research laboratories around the world, this volume contains 11 chapters addressing specification and patterning of the rostral neural tube; inductive factors and their receptors in the specification of dopaminergic neurons; development of midbrain dopaminergic neurons; growth factor actions on developing midbrain dopaminergic neurons; the effects of sex and sex hormones on the development of dopaminergic neurons; neural development of the striatal dopamine system; the involvement of dopamine in various physiological functions; dopamine neuron grafts; dopaminergic neurons in the olfactory bulb; dopamine in Drosophila; and genetic analysis of dopaminergic neurons in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)