Cholinergic function and dysfunction
CHOLINERGIC FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION.
| Other Authors: | Cuello, A. C., ScienceDirect (Online service), International Cholinergic Symposium |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier,
1993.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxi, 462 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Progress in brain research ;
v. 98. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Cholinergic Function and Dysfunction; Copyright Page; List of Contributors; Preface; In Memoriam: Shosaku Numa; In Memoriam: Frank Campbell MacIntosh; Contents; Section I: Organization of CNS Cholinergic Systems; Chapter 1. Cholinergic neurons identified by in situ hybridization histochemistry; Chapter 2. Ascending cholinergic pathways: functional organization and implications for disease models; Chapter 3. Catecholaminergic-cholinergic interaction in the basal forebrain; Chapter 4. Cholinergic systems: human diseases, animal models, and prospects for therapy.
- Chapter 5. The organization of central cholinergic systems and their functional importance in sleep-waking statesSection II: CNS Cholinergic Receptors; Chapter 6. CNS distribution of cholinergic receptors
- some questions from a clinical neuroscientist; Chapter 7. Nicotinic receptors in mammalian brain: localization and relation to cholinergic innervation; Chapter 8. Autoradiographic distribution of putative muscarinic receptor sub-types in mammalian brain; Chapter 9. Advances and limitations of the molecular neuroanatomy of cholinergic receptors: the example of multiple muscarinic receptors.
- Chapter 10. Acetylcholine receptors: drugs and molecular geneticsChapter 11. Functional diversity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Chapter 12. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes: localization and structure/function; Chapter 13. Evolution and acetylcholine receptors; Section III: The Neurobiology of Acetylcholinesterase; Chapter 14. Molecular biology of cholinesterases: a background and an introduction; Chapter 15. Structure and functions of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase; Chapter 16. Promoter elements and alternative splicing in the human ACHE gene.
- Chapter 17. The cholinesterases: a discussion of some unanswered questionsSection IV: Synthesis, Storage and Release of Acetylcholine; Chapter 18. Regulation of the synthesis of acetylcholine; Chapter 19. Molecular genetic specification of cholinergic neurons; Chapter 20. Acetylcholine transporter
- vesamicol receptor pharmacology and structure; Chapter 21. Storage and release of acetylcholine in a sympathetic ganglion; Section V: Turnover of Acetylcholine and Control of its Release.
- Chapter 22. Acetylcholine turnover and release: the influence of energy metabolism and systemic choline availabilityChapter 23. Choline, a precursor of acetylcholine and phospholipids in the brain; Chapter 24. D1 and D2 dopamine receptors and the regulation of striatal acetylcholine release in vivo; Chapter 25. The non-quantal release of acetylcholine from motor nerve terminals: comment on its likely size; Section VI: Molecular Aspects of Acetylcholine Release; Chapter 26. Molecular aspects of acetylcholine release: an overview; Chapter 27. Acetylcholine release, from molecules to function.