Basic neurochemistry : molecular, cellular, and medical aspects / editor-in -chief, George J. Siegel ; editors, Bernard W. Agranoff, R. Wayne Albers, Perry B. Molinoff.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Other Authors: Siegel, George J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Raven Press, ℗♭1994.
Edition:5th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Neural membranes
  • Neurocellular anatomy
  • Cell membrane structure and functions
  • Membrane transport
  • Electrical excitability and ion channels
  • Lipids
  • Myelin formation, structure and biochemistry
  • Molecular biology of vision
  • Olfaction and taste in vertebrates: molecular and organizational strategies underlying chemosensory perception
  • Synaptic function
  • Chemically mediated synaptic transmission: an overview
  • Receptors and signal transduction: classification and quantitation
  • Acetylcholine
  • Catecholamines
  • Serotonin
  • Histamine.
  • (cont) Opioid peptides and opioid receptors
  • Neuropeptides
  • Excitatory amino acid transmitters
  • GABA and glycine
  • Purinergic systems
  • Phosphoinositides
  • G proteins and cyclic nucleotides in the nervous system
  • Protein phosphorylation and the regulation of neuronal function
  • Eicosanoids
  • Molecular neurobiology
  • Gene expression in the mammalian nervous system
  • Molecular probes for gene expression
  • Molecular genetic approaches to inherited neurological degenerative disorders
  • Cellular neurochemistry
  • Axonal transport and the neuronal cytoskeleton
  • Development of the nervous system.
  • (cont) Neural plasticity and regeneration
  • Biochemistry of aging in the mammalian brain
  • Circulation and energy metabolism of the brain
  • Blood-brain-cerebrospinal fluid barriers
  • Medical neurochemistry
  • Muscle fiber and disorders of muscle excitability
  • Diseases of carbohydrate, fatty acid and mitochondrial metabolism
  • Vitamin and nutritional deficiencies
  • Biochemistry of neuropathy
  • Diseases involving myelin
  • Genetic disorders of lipid, glycoprotein and mucopolysaccharide metabolism
  • Disorders of amino acid metabolism
  • Metabolic encephalopathies and coma
  • Molecular targets of abused drugs.
  • (cont) Ischemia and hypoxia
  • Epileptic seizures
  • Neurotransmitters and disorders of the basal ganglia
  • Biochemistry of Alzheimer's disease
  • Positron emission tomography
  • Behavioral neurochemistry
  • Biochemical aspects of the psychotic disorders
  • Biochemical hypotheses of mood disorders and anxiety
  • Endocrine effects on the brain and their relationship to behavior
  • Learning and memory.