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Title

Excitatory amino acids and synaptic transmission / edited by H.V. Wheal and A.M. Thomson.

Publication

London ; San Diego : Academic Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Thomson, A. M. (Alex M.)
• Wheal, H. V.

Description

xiv, 388 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Subjects

• Synaptic Transmission
• Excitatory Amino Acids

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-374) and index.

Contents

• Presynaptic Release Mechanisms. 1. Excitatory Amino Acid Release From Isolated Nerve Terminals / D. G. Nicholls. 2. Calcium Entry and Functional Organization of the Presynaptic Transmitter Release Site / E. F. Stanley -- Molecular Pharmacology. 3. Excitatory Amino Acid Receptor Distribution: Quantitative Autoradiographic Ligand Binding and In Situ Hybridization Studies / A. B. Young, D. G. Standaert, C. Testa, U. Wullner, M. Catania and J. B. Penney, Jr. 4. Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists, Partial Agonists, Antagonists and Modulators: Design and Therapeutic Prospects / P. Krogsgaard-Larsen, B. Ebert, T. N. Johansen, F. Bischoff and U. Madsen. 5. Study of Glutamate-gated Channels at the Single Cell Level by Patch Clamp RT PCR / B. Lambolez, E. Audinat and J. Rossier. 6. Modulation of Ion Channels and Synaptic Transmission by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors / J. A. Saugstad, T. P. Segerson and G. L. Westbrook -- Channel Properties.
• 7. Desensitization at AMPA, Kainate and NMDA Receptors / M. L. Mayer, K. M. Partin, D. K. Patneau, L. A. Wong, L. Vyklicky, Jr., M. Benveniste and D. Bowie. 8. Channel Block of the NMDA Receptor / J. W. Johnson, S. M. Antonov, T. A. Blanpied and Y. Li-Smerin. 9. Imaging of [Ca][subscript i] in Dendrites and Spines During Responses to NMDA and Synaptic Stimulation in Cultured Hippocampal Neurones / M. Segal. 10. NMDA Channel Conductance: a User's Guide / S. G. Cull-Candy, M. Farrant and D. Feldmeyer -- Synaptic Events and Circuitry. 11. The Calyx of Held: a Model for Transmission at Mammalian Glutamatergic Synapses / I. D. Forsythe, M. Barnes-Davies and H. M. Brew. 12. Synaptic transmission of the calyx of Held. 13. Analysis of Dendritic Synaptic Sites in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Cells - Assessment of Variability and Nonuniformity / D. A. Turner, J. Isaac, Y. Chen, E. Stockley and H. V. Wheal.
• 14. Recurrent Excitatory Synapses and Circuits in the CA3 Region of the Hippocampus / R. Miles and J.-C. Poncer. 15. The Role of Glutamate in Retinal Circuitry / S. C. Massey and G. Maguire. 16. Excitatory Amino Acid Transmitter Function in Mammalian Central Pathways / T. E. Salt and P. L. Herrling -- Synaptic Plasticity and Metabotropic Receptors. 17. Postsynaptic Events Mediating LTP and LTD / R. C. Malenka. 18. The Role of NMDA Receptors in Use-dependent Synaptic Plasticity of the Visual Cortex / W. Singer and A. Artola.

ISBN

0127460314

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Columbia University Libraries