A. Karczmar

Exploring the Vertebrate Central Cholinergic Nervous System

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

- Introduction: History and Scope of this Book

- Cholinergic Cells and Pathways

- Metabolism of Acetylcholine Synthesis and Turnover

- History of Research on Nicotinic and Muscarinic Receptors

- Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Central Nervous System: Structure, Function and Pharmacology

- Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors: Structure and Functional Roles

- Anticholinesterases and War Gases

- Cholinergic Aspects of Growth and Development

- Central Cholinergic Nervous System and Its Correlates

- Linking Amyloid and Tau Biology in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Cholinergic Aspects

- Envoi.

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This book is important for those interested in cholinergic synaptic transmission, the central and peripheral cholinergic nervous systems, neuropharmacology, cholinergic brain function, human and animal behaviors including learning, aggression and self-awareness, anticholinesterases and war gases, and the associated neurological diseases and aging.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11322351
• 2007
• Seitenzahl: 716
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 175mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1382g
• ISBN-13: 9780387282237
• ISBN-10: 0387282238
• Artikelnr.: 20891634

Autorenporträt

Contributions by N. Chauhan, A. Christopoulos, J. Lindstrom und G.J. Siegel

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: History and Scope of this Book.
- Cholinergic Cells and Pathways.
- Metabolism of Acetylcholine Synthesis and Turnover.
- History of Research on Nicotinic and Muscarinic Receptors.
- MuscarinicAcetylcholine Receptors in the Central Nervous System: Structure, Function and Pharmacology.
- Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors: Structure and Functional Roles.
- Anticholinesterases and War Gases.
- Cholinergic Aspects of Growth and Development.
- Central Cholinergic Nervous System and Its Correlates.
- Linking Amyloid and Tau Biology in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Cholinergic Aspects.
- Envoi.

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Introduction:History and Scope of This Book.- Cholinergic Cells and Pathways.- Metabolism of Acetylcholine: Synthesis and Turnover.- History of Research on Nicotinic and Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptors.- Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Central Nervous System: Structure, Function, and Pharmacology.- Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors: History, Structure, and Functional Roles.- Anticholinesterases and War Gases.- Cholinergic Aspects of Growth and Development.- Central Cholinergic Nervous System and Its Correlates.- Links Between Amyloid and Tau Biology in Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Cholinergic Aspects.- Envoi.