Long description:

The Handbook of Dopamine captures current understanding of dopamine biology in the brain, including anatomical organization of dopamine neurons, their molecular and genetic diversity, synaptic and circuit connectivity, receptor function and signalling, through to diverse roles in behaviors and finally, dysfunction in disease. This volume compiles a comprehensive set of perspectives from a large number of leading scientists working in dopamine research. The volume describes the current state-of-the-field, summarizing knowledge that has been transformed in the last decade through the advent and application of sophisticated new technologies.

• Offers up-to-date review of dopamine biology across fields
• Explores the function and regulation of dopamine neurons in healthy behavior and also dysfunction in disease
• Includes historical and future perspectives in the field of dopamine research

Table of Contents:

Introduction: A general perspective on dopamine

Section 1: Molecular neuroanatomy of dopamine neurons: Development, diversity and connectivity
1. The dopamine system in an evolutionary perspective
2. Molecular heterogeneity of midbrain dopamine neurons
3. Building an action circuit with nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons and striatonigral neurons
4. Anatomy of dopamine neuron projections: AXONAL arbours, varicosities, and synapses
5. DA neuron connectomes: Inputs and outputs

Section 2: Dopamine neuron physiology and dopamine release regulation
6. Electrical patterns of activity in dopamine midbrain neurons {i|in vivo}
7. Computational modeling of midbrain dopamine neurons
8. Axonal DA release: Molecular mechanisms
9. Somatodendritic DA release
10. Regulation of dopamine transmission by striatal neuromodulators
11. DA transporters and the nanoscale organisation of the DA axon
12. Beyond DA: Co-transmission by DA neurons

Section 3: Dopamine signalling: receptors, postsynaptic integration and plasticity
13. Unveiling Activation Mechanisms and Intrinsic Divergence of the Dopamine Receptors Based on Experimentally Determined Structures
14. DA receptor drugs and their applications
15. Postsynaptic integration and plasticity in the striatum
16. DA signalling roles in the extrastriatal basal ganglia
17. Postsynaptic integration and plasticity in prefrontal cortex

Section 4: Dopamine mechanisms of learning and reinforcement
18. The dopamine reward prediction error signal
19. Diversity of encoding: Reward to aversion
20. Dopamine beyond temporal-difference reinforcement learning
21. Habits and dopamine
22. Dopamine for performance evaluation - insights from songbirds
23. Striking parallels between the dopaminergic systems of flies and mammals
24. Computing with dopamine: a convergence of natural and artificial intelligence
Section 5: Dopamine function in motivated behaviour
25. Dopamine and the temporal control of behavior
26. Volition and vigour
27. Effort and activation
28. Exploration and behavioral variability
29. Role of dopamine in adaptively tuning motivational bias to the current environment
30. Sex differences in Dopamine Systems involved in Motivation and Reward
31. Dopamine and appetite

Section 6: Dopamine dysregulation: from neurology to psychiatry
32. Neuronal design and determinants of selective neuronal vulnerability of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson’s disease
33. Understanding human dopamine neuron biology in Parkinson's patient cells
34. Dopamine replacement for Parkinson's disease: clinical approaches and experimental underpinnings
35. Dopamine modulation of synaptic transmission in drug addiction
36. Molecular Reprogramming of D1 and D2 Dopaminoceptive Medium Spiny Neurons in Substance Use Disorder
37. Human DA systems in addiction disorders
38. Apathy and Impulsivity in Neurological and Psychiatric disorders
39. Dopamine dysfunction in psychosis
40. Dopamine systems in impulsive-compulsive behaviour