Synaptic Function
Published on 1. August 1987
Book
Hardback
800 pages
978-0-471-63708-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book consists of five sections. The first section details methods for analyzing both presynaptic and postsynaptic function and emphasizes the molecular aspects of synapses. It describes ongoing studies of neurotransmitter realease, voltage-sensitive ion channels, and electronic transmission at gap junctions. The second section focuses on the growing menagerie of neurotransmitters: their categorization into chemical families, their relation to ion channels, their modulation by second messenger systems and their role in pharmacologic action. The third section considers the important relationship of transmitter diversity and synaptic types to the behavior of actual cellular networks. The central role of synapses in learning and memory is the subject of the fourth section of the book. The fifth and final section includes modeling studies of the single dendrite as well as novel analyses of synapses in networks.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 190 mm
Weight
1361 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-63708-0 (9780471637080)
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Content
PRESYNAPTIC AND POSTSYNAPTIC MECHANISMS; Functional Compartments in Synaptic Transmission (R. Llinas); Short-term Changes in Synaptic Efficacy (K. Magleby); Regulation and Significance of Probabilistic Release Mechanisms at Central Synapses (H. Korn & D. Faber); Intercellular Communication Mediated by Gap Junctions Can Be Controlled in Many Ways (M. Bennett & D. Spray); NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND SYNAPTIC FUNCTION; Neuronal Communication through Multiple Coexisting Messengers (T. Hokfelt); SYNAPSES IN NETWORKS; Synaptic Processes and Neurotransmitters Operating in the Central System: A Systems Approach (A. Sillito); Synaptic Specificity in the Cerebral Cortex (A. Peters); SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY, MEMORY, AND LEARNING; Long-term Depression as Memory Process in the Cerebellum (M. Ito); THEORETICAL MODELS OF SYNAPTIC FUNCTION; Functional Possibilities for Synapses on Dendrites and Dendrites Spines (W. Rall & I. Segev); Specific Consequences of General Brain Properties (C. Stevens); Index.