Research Catalog

Title

Neuronal nicotinic receptors / editors, F. Clementi, D. Fornasari, and C. Gotti ; contributors E.X. Albuquerque ... [et al.].

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2000.

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Additional Authors

• Clementi, Francesco
• Fornasari, D. (Diego)
• Gotti, Cecilia

Description

xxxi, 821 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 144

Uniform Title

Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 144.

Subjects

• Nicotinic receptors
• Receptors, Nicotinic

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. 1. Introduction to neuronal nicotinic receptors -- The history of the neuronal nicotinic receptors -- Distribution of cholinergic neurons in the mammalian brain with special reference to their relationship with neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors -- Sect. 2. Genes, structure, and distribution of neuronal nicotinic receptors -- Gene structure and transcriptional regulation of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors -- Transcriptional regulation of neuronal nAChR subunit genes -- Contributions of studies of the nicotinic receptor from muscle to defining structural and functional properties of ligand-gated ion channels -- The structures of neuronal nicotinic receptors -- The distribution of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors -- Presynaptic neuronal nicotinic receptors: pharmacology, heterogeneity, and cellular mechanisms -- Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in development and aging -- Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in ganglionic transmission -- Sect. 3. Functional properties -- Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from biophysical properties to human diseases -- The functional diversity of nicotinic receptors in the nervous system: perspectives on receptor subtypes and receptor specialization -- Properties of heterologously and lipid bilayer reconstituted nicotinic acetylcholine receptors -- Comparison of native and recombinant neuronal nicotinic receptors: problems of measurement and expression -- Sect. 4. Pharmacological properties -- Sect. 5. The role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in neuronal functions.

ISBN

3540661239 (alk. paper)

LCCN

00026351

OCLC

• ocm43555027
• SCSB-4789523

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries