Exploring the Vertebrate Central Cholinergic Nervous System

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Karczmar, Alexander G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.