Article
Brain neurons partly expressing dopaminergic phenotype: location, development, functional significance, and regulation.
Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) - 1 Jan 2013
Ugrumov Michael V
Abstract excerpt
In addition to catecholaminergic neurons possessing all the enzymes of catecholamine synthesis and the specific membrane transporters, neurons partly expressing the catecholaminergic phenotype have been found a quarter of a century ago. Most of them express individual enzymes of dopamine (DA) synthesis, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), or aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC), lacking the DA membrane transporter...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Dopamine
- Humans
- Neurons
- Phenotype
- Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
