Dopamine
Dopamine (3,4-dihydroxytyramine) is the neurotransmitter with the greatest involvement in ADHD.1
Dopamine is a monoamine, like noradrenaline and adrenaline, whose precursor is dopamine. At 80 %, dopamine is the most common monoamine in the brain.
ADHD symptoms are primarily caused by disorders of the dopaminergic system.
1. Control ranges through dopamine
2. The 5 dopaminergic systems of the brain
3. Interactions of the dopaminergic brain areas
4. Dopamine formation and storage
5. Dopamine release
6. Tonic / phasic / extracellular dopamine
7. Dopamine effect on receptors
8. Dopamine reuptake, dopamine degradation
9. Regulation of dopamine
10. ADHD - disorders of the dopamine system
11. Dopamine and stress
12. Autism as a dopaminergic disorder
13. Depression as a dopaminergic disorder
14. Parkinson’s - another disorder of the dopamine system
15. Measurement of dopamine
Franck (2003): Hyperaktivität und Schizophrenie – eine explorative Studie; Dissertation, Seite 66, mit weiteren Nachweisen ↥