Exploring the Vertebrate Central Cholinergic Nervous System

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Karczmar, Alexander G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.

The saga of the central cholinergic nervous system is unparalleled among the stories of various areas of neurosciences. Exploring the Vertebrate Central Cholinergic Nervous System reviews the very multiple methodologies that underlie cholinergic research. The book is historical, dynamic and conceptu...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.