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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.

Dopamine. --- Molecular radiobiology. --- Single-photon emission computed tomography. --- Tomography, Emission-Computed. --- Tomography, Emission. --- Molecular radiation biology --- Molecular biology --- Radiobiology --- SPECT (Tomography) --- Tomography, Emission --- Computerized emission tomography --- Emission tomography --- PET (Tomography) --- PET-CT (Tomography) --- Positron emission tomography --- Positron emission transaxial tomography --- Radionuclide tomography --- Scintigraphy, Tomographic --- Tomography, Radionuclide --- Diagnosis --- Diagnostic imaging --- Positrons --- Radioisotope scanning --- Biogenic amines --- Bromocriptine --- Catecholamines --- Neurotransmitters --- Data processing --- Emission --- Dopamine --- Single-photon emission computed tomography --- Molecular radiobiology --- Tomography, Emission-Computed --- Computed Tomographic Scintigraphy --- Emission-Computed Tomography --- Radionuclide Computer-Assisted Tomography --- Radionuclide Computerized Tomography --- Radionuclide-Computed Tomography --- Radionuclide-Emission Computed Tomography --- Tomography, Computerized Emission --- CAT Scan, Radionuclide --- CT Scan, Radionuclide --- Computerized Emission Tomography --- Radionuclide Tomography, Computed --- Scintigraphy, Computed Tomographic --- Tomography, Radionuclide-Computed --- CAT Scans, Radionuclide --- CT Scans, Radionuclide --- Computed Radionuclide Tomography --- Computed Tomography, Radionuclide-Emission --- Computer-Assisted Tomographies, Radionuclide --- Computer-Assisted Tomography, Radionuclide --- Computerized Tomography, Radionuclide --- Emission Computed Tomography --- Emission Tomography, Computerized --- Radionuclide CAT Scan --- Radionuclide CAT Scans --- Radionuclide CT Scan --- Radionuclide CT Scans --- Radionuclide Computed Tomography --- Radionuclide Computer Assisted Tomography --- Radionuclide Computer-Assisted Tomographies --- Radionuclide Emission Computed Tomography --- Scan, Radionuclide CAT --- Scan, Radionuclide CT --- Scans, Radionuclide CAT --- Scans, Radionuclide CT --- Tomographic Scintigraphy, Computed --- Tomographies, Radionuclide Computer-Assisted --- Tomography, Computed Radionuclide --- Tomography, Emission Computed --- Tomography, Radionuclide Computed --- Tomography, Radionuclide Computer-Assisted --- Tomography, Radionuclide Computerized --- Tomography, Radionuclide-Emission Computed --- 3,4-Dihydroxyphenethylamine --- 4-(2-Aminoethyl)-1,2-benzenediol --- Dopamine Hydrochloride --- Intropin --- Hydroxytyramine --- 3,4 Dihydroxyphenethylamine --- Hydrochloride, Dopamine --- Dihydroxyphenylalanine --- Levodopa