Research Catalog

Title

Handbook of neurochemistry and molecular neurobiology : amino acids and peptides in the nervous system / Abel Lajtha [and others], editors.

Publication

New York ; London : Springer, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Lajtha, Abel.
• Oja, S. S.
• Saransaari, Pirjo.
• Schousboe, Arne.

Description

418 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Neuropeptides
• Nerve tissue proteins

Note

• "With 58 figures and 23 tables" --on title page.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Glutamine, glutamate, and GABA : metabolic aspects / H. S. Waagepetersen, U. Sonnewald and A. Schousboe -- 2. Serine, glycine, and threonine / T. J. de Koning, S. A. Fuchs and L. W. J. Klomp -- 3. Histidine / P. Panula -- 4. Aromatic amino acids in the brain / M. Cansev and R. J. Wurtman -- 5. Arginine, citrulline, and ornithine / H. Wiesinger -- 6. Branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) in brain / S. M. Hutson, A. J. Sweatt and K. E. LaNoue -- 7. Sulfur-containing amino acids / G. J. McBean -- 8. Taurine / S. S. Oja and P. Saransaari -- 9. Neurobiology of D-amino acids / E. Dumin and H. Wolosker -- 10. Amino acids and brain volume regulation : contribution and mechanisms / H. Pasantes-Morales -- 11. Urea cycle enzymopathies / R. Butterworth -- 12. Ammonia toxicity in the central nervous system / J. Albrecht -- 13. Disorders of amino acid metabolism / M. Yudkoff -- 14. W-acetylaspartate and N-acetylaspartylglutamate / M. H. Baslow -- 15. Glutathione in the nervous system : roles in neural function and health and implications for neurological disease / R. Janaky, R. Cruz-Aguado, S. S. Oja and C. A. Shaw -- 16. Low molecular weight peptides / K. L. Reichelt.

ISBN

• 9780387303420 (hbk.)
• 0387303421 (hbk.)

OCLC

• ocm77256540
• 77256540
• SCSB-5341088

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries