Dopamine (DA) is a neurotransmitter; neurons that contain dopamine are said to be DOPAMINERGIC. It is one of the CATECHOLAMINE neurotransmitters and therefore a member of the even larger family of MONO AMINE neurotransmitters. The full chemical name...

Dopamine is one of a class of neurotransmitters known as catecholamines. A neurotransmitter is a chemical messenger released from a presynaptic nerve cell or neuron at its terminal into a synapse. A synapse is a narrow gap between the terminal of a...

Dopamine (DA) is a catecholamine according to its chemical structure and a neurotransmitter of special importance for drug addiction. DA is a decarboxylated form of dopa (an amino acid) found especially in the basal ganglia. Chemically known as 3, 4...

4-(2-Aminoethyl)benzene-1,2-diol; 4-(2-Aminoethyl)pyrocatechol; 3,4-Dihydroxyphenethylamine; α-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-β-aminoethane; 3-Hydroxytyramine High concentrations are found in banana peel (6–12 per g fresh-weight), and in Musa...

Dopamine is a hormone and neurotransmitter occurring in a wide variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. In chemical structure, it is a phenethylamine. In the brain, dopamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating the five...

SPECIAL REPORT Hair loss in Parkinson's patients traced to agonists New York - Dopamine agonists commonly prescribed to treat Parkinson's disease can cause alopecia, according to a recent study. Parkinson's affects about 1.5 million Americans. Alessandro Di Rocco, M.D., associate professor...

How do you stop people taking cocaine? Illegality keeps it at bay a bit. It stops it being quite so freely available, but it makes it sexy, too. I wonder how much its illegal status really affects people's decision whether to take it...

The first dozen Parkinson's patients to have holes drilled in their skulls for a novel gene therapy attempt weren't harmed _ and hints at some improvement have researchers embarking on a larger study to see if the treatment really may work.Doctors reported initial results of...

Colin Campbell walked out of the support group for Parkinson's disease in shock: His fellow patients were all 20 or 30 years older, with symptoms very different from his own _ leading him to doubt, even disobey, his doctor's treatment...