Pharmacology of Neurotransmitter Release

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Südhof, Thomas C. (Editor), Starke, Klaus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 184
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Pharmacology.; Neurology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Human Physiology.

It has been known for half a century that neurotransmitters are released in preformed quanta, that the quanta represent transmitter-storing vesicles, and that release occurs by exocytosis. The focus of this book is twofold. In the first part, the molecular events of exocytosis are analysed. This inc...

Table of Contents:

• Neurotransmitter Release
• Pharmacology of Neurotransmitter Release: Measuring Exocytosis
• Presynaptic Calcium Channels: Structure, Regulators, and Blockers
• Pharmacology of Neurotransmitter Transport into Secretory Vesicles
• Core Proteins of the Secretory Machinery
• Presynaptic Neurotoxins with Enzymatic Activities
• ?-Latrotoxin and Its Receptors
• Presynaptic Signaling by Heterotrimeric G-Proteins
• Presynaptic Metabotropic Receptors for Acetylcholine and Adrenaline/Noradrenaline
• Presynaptic Receptors for Dopamine, Histamine, and Serotonin
• Presynaptic Adenosine and P2Y Receptors
• Presynaptic Metabotropic Glutamate and GABA B Receptors
• Presynaptic Neuropeptide Receptors
• Presynaptic Modulation by Endocannabinoids
• Presynaptic lonotropic Receptors
• NO/cGMP-Dependent Modulation of Synaptic Transmission
• Therapeutic Use of Release-Modifying Drugs.