Research Catalog

Title

Synapses / edited by W. Maxwell Cowan, Thomas C. Südhof, Charles F. Stevens ; with the assistance of Kevin Davies.

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cowan, W. Maxwell.
• Südhof, Thomas C.
• Stevens, Charles F., 1934-
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Description

xiii, 767 p. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.

Subjects

• Synapses
• Neural transmission

Note

• "From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute"--P. facing t.p.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

A brief history of synapses and synaptic transmission / W. Maxwell Cowan and Eric R. Kandel -- The structure of synapses / Pietro de Camilli ... [et al.] -- Physiology of synaptic transmission and short-term plasticity / Wade G. Regehr and Charles F. Stevens -- Mechanism and regulation of neurotransmitter release / Thomas C. Südhof and Richard H. Scheller -- Synaptic vesicle endocytosis / Pietro De Camili ... [et al.] -- The synaptic cleft and synaptic cell adhesion / Thomas C. Südhof -- The postsynaptic specialization / Morgan H.-T. Sheng -- Signal transduction in the postsynaptic neuron: activity-dependent regulation of gene expression / Michael E. Greenberg and Edward B. Ziff -- Synaptic plasticity: diverse targets and mechanisms for regulating synaptic efficacy / Robert C. Malenka and Steven A. Siegelbaum -- The mechanisms and meanings of long-term synaptic depression in the mammalian brain / Mark F. Bear and David J. Linden -- Synaptic plasticity and memory / Paul D. Grimwood, Stephen J. Martin, and Richard G.M. Morris -- Synapse formation and maturation / Ann Marie Craig and Jeff W. Lichtman -- Neurotrophins and refinement of visual circuitry / Edward S. Lein and Carla J. Shatz -- Novel neurotransmitters and their neuropsychiatric relevance / Solomon H. Snyder and Christopher D. Ferris -- Synaptic variability: new insights from reconstructions and Monte Carlo simulations with MCell / Joel R. Stiles ... [et al.].

Call Number

JSF 01-560

ISBN

0801864988 (alk. paper) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

00042399

OCLC

44268061

Title

Synapses / edited by W. Maxwell Cowan, Thomas C. Südhof, Charles F. Stevens ; with the assistance of Kevin Davies.

Imprint

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Cowan, W. Maxwell.

Südhof, Thomas C.

Stevens, Charles F., 1934-

Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Research Call Number

JSF 01-560