A wide range of hormonal, developmental and growth factors regulate cellular growth and proliferation events through receptors that couple to heterotrimeric G proteins. Upon activation of the receptor by its ligand the G protein is activated and subsequent dissociation of α subu…
Brain slice experiments are a robust and controlled platform for the study of neurotransmitter dynamics using electrochemistry. The isolation and study of brain slices from genetically altered animals is critical for the understanding of neurotransmitter dynamics. The dynamics o…
It has been established that prolactin (PRL) secretion in birds is under the tonic stimulatory control of hypothalamic vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). Dopamine (DA) has been shown to stimulate (at the hypothalamic level) and inhibit (at the pituitary level) VIP-stimulated P…
"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 mul…
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 mult…