Advances in Gene Technology: Molecular Neurobiology and Neuropharmacology

by Rotundo, R.L.; Ahmad, F.; Bialy, H.; Black, S.; Brew, K.; Chaitin, M.H.; Glaser, L.; Magleby, K.L.; Neary, J.T.

• ISBN13: 9781852212056
• ISBN10: 1852212055
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-07-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This volume provides coverage of many diverse areas of molecular neurobiology and pharmacology. It includes information on recent advances in the understanding of memory formation, sensory perception, neurological diseases, and the controversial area of neural transplantation. this unique volume is of use to specialists in this field as well as researchers in a wide variety of other areas who need a convenient source of recent developments.

Table of Contents

Neuronal Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors

Molecular Gating Mechanism of Large Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels

Molecular Properties of Voltage-Sensitive Sodium and Calcium Channels

Molecular-Genetic Studies of the Sodium Pump

Receptor Binding as a Tool for Drug Discovery and Detection

Structural Basis and Functional Diversity of Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes

The Nemmatode Caenorhabditis Elegans: a Model for the Human Nervous System

PIT-1: A Tissue-Specific Transcription Factor Containing a Pou Domain and a Homeodomain Specifies a Pituitary Phenotype

Neuropeptide Biosynthesis: Multiple Mechanisms of Regulating Hormone Action

Computer Models of Drug Binding Antibodies

Structural and Functional Properties of the Three Human B-Adrenergic Receptor Subtypes: B1, B2 and B3

Confirmationally Restricted Cyclic Peptides Selective for Delta and Mu Opoid Receptors

Signals that Direct the Formation and Maintenance of Synaptic Specializations

Molecular Interactions Underlying Axon Growth

Families of Neural Adhesion Molecules

Drafting Genetically Modified Cells to the Brain

Neuronal Transplantation for Experimental Parkinsonism

Use of Nerve Growth Factor to Stimulate Survival and Regeneration of Cholinergic Neurons in the Brain

Synaptic Plasticity as a Basis for Learning and Memory: the Role of Protein B-50 (GAP43, F1)

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms for LTP Induction and Maintenance

The Development of Neuronal Polarity

Transport and Localization of Neuronal Membrane Proteins

Molecular Pharmacology of the Glutamate NMDA Receptor in Brain

Physiological Roles of CNS Peptides

Studying the Regulation of Neuropeptide Systems by in situ Hybridization of mRNA: Peptides, Enzymes, and Receptors

Second Messenger Role in Synaptic Release

Intracellular Signals Mediating Neuropeptide Action: Insights from Target Cell Activation by Angiotensin II and GnRH

Plasma Membrane Ca2 + Cycling and Protein Kinase C: a Unique PM-Associated Transducing System

Molecular Aspects of Olfaction: Focus on Odorant Binding Protein

Signal Transduction in the Visual System of Drosophilia

Mechanoelectrical Transduction by Hair Cells of the Internal Ear

Molecular Biology of Muscle Disease

Molecular Neurobiology of Age-Associated Brain Dysfunction

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