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Neurochemistry and defects of biogenic amine neurotransmitter metabolism
Author(s) -
Hyland K.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1023/a:1005587719505
Subject(s) - neurochemistry , neurotransmitter systems , biogenic amine , neurotransmitter , neuroscience , metabolism , amine gas treating , chemistry , biology , dopamine , biochemistry , central nervous system , neurology , organic chemistry
The purpose of the current review is to present a brief background examining the mechanisms controlling synthesis, storage, release and action of the biogenic amine neurotransmitters and to provide examples of newly defined conditions that expand our awareness of the diversity and complexity of the inherited diseases that affect these important regulators of central and peripheral homeostasis.