Dopamine and Sleep Molecular, Functional, and Clinical Aspects

Başlık:

ISBN:

9783319464374

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Yayın Bilgileri:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Fiziksel Tanımlama:

XV, 286 p. 22 illus., 8 illus. in color. online resource.

Contents:

1. Dopamine - Historical aspects -- 2. Dopamine receptors - The dopamine transporter -- 3. The effect of dopamine receptor agonists on the sleep-wake cycle -- 4. Dopamine and its receptors: circadian aspects -- 5. Excitation of ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons by orexins/hypocretins -- 6. Role of the basal ganglia in the control of sleep and wakefulness -- 7. Mesolimbic dopamine and impulse control disorders -- 8. Sleep and Parkinson´s disease -- 9. Regulation and modulation of depression-related behaviors: role of dopaminergic 15 Neurons -- 10. Dopamine dysfunction in schizophrenia and its treatment -- 11. Schizophrenia: dopamine/glutamate interactions -- 12. Sleep in schizophrenia and the effect of antipsychotic drugs.

Abstract:

This book offers a comprehensive but highly readable compilation of papers on the role of dopamine in sleep and sleep disorders. Leading experts in sleep medicine, psychiatry and neuroendocrinology provide a broad perspective on the field, from established theories to the latest research advances. Accordingly, it represents an interdisciplinary, cutting-edge guide for sleep disorder specialists, sleep researchers, psychiatrists, neurologists, pulmonologists, psychologists, and behavioral sleep medicine specialists.

Subject Term:

Pharmacology.

Medicine -- Research.

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