The role of dopamine in the pathophysiology of depression

BW Dunlop, CB Nemeroff - Archives of general psychiatry, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
Multiple sources of evidence support a role for diminished dopaminergic neurotrans-mission
in major depression. The physiological alterations underlying reduced dopa-mine (DA) …

Catecholaminergic systems in stress: structural and molecular genetic approaches

R Kvetnansky, EL Sabban… - Physiological …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
Stressful stimuli evoke complex endocrine, autonomic, and behavioral responses that are
extremely variable and specific depending on the type and nature of the stressors. We first …

The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

GB Ehret, T Ferreira, DI Chasman, AU Jackson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
To dissect the genetic architecture of blood pressure and assess effects on target organ
damage, we analyzed 128,272 SNPs from targeted and genome-wide arrays in 201,529 …

Genetic approaches to understanding post-traumatic stress disorder

LM Almli, N Fani, AK Smith… - International Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is increasingly recognized as both a disorder of
enormous mental health and societal burden, but also as an anxiety disorder that may be …

The molecular genetics of executive function: role of monoamine system genes

JJM Barnes, AJ Dean, LS Nandam, RG O'Connell… - Biological …, 2011 - Elsevier
Executive control processes, such as sustained attention, response inhibition, and error
monitoring, allow humans to guide behavior in appropriate, flexible, and adaptive ways. The …

Norepinephrine and stimulant addiction

M Sofuoglu, RA Sewell - Addiction biology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
No pharmacotherapies are approved for stimulant use disorders, which are an important
public health problem. Stimulants increase synaptic levels of the monoamines dopamine …

Dopamine beta‐hydroxylase and its genetic variants in human health and disease

E Gonzalez‐Lopez, KE Vrana - Journal of neurochemistry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dopamine beta‐hydroxylase (DβH) is an essential neurotransmitter‐synthesizing enzyme
that catalyzes the formation of norepinephrine (NE) from dopamine and has been …

Individual differences in cognition, affect, and performance: Behavioral, neuroimaging, and molecular genetic approaches

R Parasuraman, Y Jiang - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
We describe the use of behavioral, neuroimaging, and genetic methods to examine
individual differences in cognition and affect, guided by three criteria:(1) relevance to human …

Mammalian copper homeostasis: Physiologic roles and molecular mechanisms

S Lutsenko, S Roy, P Tsvetkov - Physiological Reviews, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
In the past decade, evidence for numerous roles of copper (Cu) in mammalian physiology
has grown exponentially. The discoveries of Cu involvement in cell signaling, autophagy …

The crystal structure of human dopamine β-hydroxylase at 2.9 Å resolution

TV Vendelboe, P Harris, Y Zhao, TS Walter… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
The norepinephrine pathway is believed to modulate behavioral and physiological
processes, such as mood, overall arousal, and attention. Furthermore, abnormalities in the …