title: How dopamine was recognised as a neurotransmitter: a personal view.
abstract: Evidence of the neurotransmitter role of dopamine has come from research employing a variety of modalities. These have made use of the techniques of pharmacology, toxicology, clinical pathology, clinical chemistry and experimental neurology. This article deals more specifically with the contributions of the author and his collaborators in establishing the function of dopamine as the chemical mediator of the nigrostriatal tract
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychiatry, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, 1033 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Canada
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Sourkes