Dopamine endocrine and oncogenic functions / Nira Ben-Jonathan.
| Author/creator | Ben-Jonathan, Nira |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2020. |
| Description | x, 423 pages : color illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Homeostasis of dopamine --Dopamine receptors, signaling pathways, and drugs -- Distribution and characteristics of brain dopamine -- Endocrine functions of brain dopamine -- Regulation of the pituitary gland by dopamine -- Attributes of peripheral dopamine and dopamine receptors -- Renal, cardiovascular, and pulmonary functions of dopamine -- Dopamine in the immune and hemaopoietic systems -- Regulation of reproduction by dopamine -- Actions of dopamine on the skin and the skeleton -- Dopamine and tumorigenesis in reproductive tissues -- Involvement of dopamine with various cancers. |
| Abstract | "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 this very important molecule."--Back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781138392236 hardback |
| ISBN | 1138392235 hardback |
| ISBN | ebook |