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Title

Serotoninergic neurons and 5-HT receptors in the CNS / editors, H.G. Baumgarten and M. Gothert ; contributors, G.K. Aghajanian [and others].

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

• Aghajanian, G. K.
• Baumgarten, H. G.
• Göthert, M. (Manfred)

Description

xxx, 767 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.

Series Statement

Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 129

Uniform Title

Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 129.

Alternative Title

Serotoninergic neurons and five-HT receptors in the CNS

Subject

• Central Nervous System
• Neurons
• Receptors, Serotonin
• Serotonin > Receptors
• Serotonin
• Serotoninergic mechanisms

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Development and adult plasticity of serotoninergic neurons and their target cells -- Anatomy of central serotoninergic projection systems -- Physiology and pharmacology of brain serotoninergic neurons -- Tryptophan hydroxylase: molecular biology and regulation -- Molecular analysis of serotonin packaging into secretary vesicles -- Regulation of the environment of the interior of serotonin-storing vesicles -- Molecular biology and transductional characteristics of 5-HT receptors -- 5-Hydroxytryptamine receptor histochemistry: comparison of receptor mRNA distribution and radioligand autoradiography in the brain -- The main features of central 5-HT₁A receptor -- Functional neuropharmacology of compounds acting at 5-HT₁B/D recptors -- 5-HT-moduline, an endogenous peptide modulating serotoninergic activity via a direct interaction at 5-HT₁B/D receptors -- Regulation of 5-HT release in the CNS by presynaptic 5-HT autoreceptors and by 5-HT heteroreceptors -- Behavioral consequences of 5-HT₁B receptor gene deletion -- Pharmacology of 5-HT₂ receptors -- Regulation of 5-HT₂A receptor at the molecular level -- Neuropharmacology of 5-HT₃ receptor ligands -- 5-HT₄ receptors: an update -- Molecular biology and potential functional role of 5-HT₅,5-HT₆, and 5-HT₇ receptors -- Electrophysiology of 5-HT receptors -- 5-HT receptors involved in the regulation of hormone secretion -- Role of serotoninergic neurons and 5-HT receptors in the action of hallucinogens -- The interaction of the serotoninergic and other neuroregulatory systems in alcohol dependence -- Neuronal pathophysiology of migraine as a basis for acute treatment with 5-HT receptor ligands -- Modulation of nociception by descending serontoninergic projections --Molecular biology of monomine oxidase A and B: their role in the degradation of serotonin -- Molecular biology, pharmacology, and genetics of the serotonin transporter: psychobiological and clinical implications -- An

ISBN

3540626662 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

97023528

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries