Psychopharmacology
& Psychopathology
SOW-PSB3BC16E
Part 2: Psychopharmacology of psychopathology
Dopamine
www.denoudenlab.org
@HannekedenOuden
,Note :
pre
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clinical research → research in animals .
Overview:
§ basic neuropsychopharmacology of dopamine
§ how we study the dopamine system
How does dopamine modulate behaviour?
§ the motor system
§ working memory
§ “us”
,what is dopamine ?
Brief biography of DihydrOxyPhenylAlanine (dopamine)
§ Dopamine is not some form of magic pixie dust that makes us
experience pleasure
, Brief biography of DihydrOxyPhenylAlanine (dopamine)
we
get it from protein containing food
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§ Tyrosine (precursor) of dopamine is formed in
the liver
§ Kidney: excreted in urine
There are no -20 of dopamine in the body
grams .