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Dopamine and Glutamate in Psychiatric Disorders

By Maarten E. A. Reith , Werner Schmidt

Book information

Publisher
Humana Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9781588293251, 1-58829-325-4
Open Library ID
OL8828447M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11239812 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
614\615
Topic
Psychology
Time added
2009-10-15 16:43:54

Description

An illuminating summary of our current understanding of the interactive role of dopamine and glutamate in psychiatric diseases and the therapeutic strategies and possibilities for future treatment. Among the new ideas presented are hypotheses on the role of dopamine and glutamate in aggression, the glutamate system in anxiety disorders, glutamate and neurodegeneration, and on the origin and progression of Parkinson's disease. Additional chapters offer novel insights into a variety of psychiatric diseases, including ADHD, stress, aggression, addiction, schizophrenia, depression, social phobias, dementias, bulimia, and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Each chapter summarizes the prevalence and symptoms of the disease and explains the involvement of dopamine and/or glutamate systems using the newer molecular approaches such as transgenic knockout or knockin mice and recent brain imaging techniques.

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