Research Catalog

Title

Synaptic transmission : cellular and molecular basis / Herbert Zimmermann.

Author

Zimmermann, Herbert, 1944-

Publication

Stuttgart ; New York : Georg Thieme Verlag ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Description

x, 144 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.

Summary

• This clearly-written, up-to-date book presents a lucid, comprehensive view of synaptic transmission in a format that both advanced students and research scientists can appreciate. Among the topics covered are biosynthesis of neurotransmitters, release mechanisms, receptors and signalling.
• Zimmermann also demonstrates the integration of recent discovery about the nervous system of higher animals into a larger picture that notes functional structural similarities between neurons and non-neuronal cells, primitive neurons and even plant systems. An outstanding overview, the book cites virtually all of the important papers in the recent literature, and the accessible text is supported by numerous two-color illustrations and section summaries.
• The work will serve as an excellent primer for advanced student of neuroscience, neurobiology, and molecular biology, and uniquely serves practicing researchers as a useful reference.

Series Statement

Science briefings

Uniform Title

Science briefings.

Subjects

• Synapses
• Synaptic Transmission
• Receptors, Neurotransmitter > physiology
• Molecular neurobiology
• Neural transmission

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-138) and index.

Contents

1. A particularly effective mechanism of cellular communication -- 2. The structure of the secretory compartment -- 3. Synaptic transmitters -- 4. Co-transmission -- 5. The secretory organelles -- 6. Biogenesis and life cycle of neuronal secretory organelles -- 7. Electrophysiologic analysis of release -- 8. Exocytosis and endocytosis -- 9. The superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels -- 10. The superfamily of G protein-coupled transmitter and hormone receptors -- 11. Second messenger cascades -- 12. Inactivation of synaptic messengers -- 13. Mechanisms of synaptic modulation -- 14. Electrical synapses -- 15. Glial cells as neuronal targets - and vice versa? -- 16. References -- 17. Index.

ISBN

• 3131283017 (GTV : hardback)
• 3137974011 (GTV : paperback)
• 0195210654 (OUP : hardback)
• 0195210735 (OUP : paperback)

LCCN

93037754

OCLC

ocm28962037

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries