Neurohumoral Coding of Brain Function

✍ Scribed by Ricardo Tapia (auth.), R. D. Myers, René Raúl Drucker-Colín (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 476
• Series: Advances in Behavioral Biology 10
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

It is indeed a pleasure to welcome all of you to this Inter­ national Symposium on the Neurohumoral coding of Brain Function. Many of you have undertaken a very long trip in order to cross swords with some of the most fascinating issues in all of the neurosciences. Of particular satisfaction in this instance is the geographical representation of the sciences with individuals here from Europe and the Americas - South, Central and North. As we do battle, so to speak, with each of the questions raised during the next several days, we should remember that the problems faced by each of our fields are exceptionally difficult. In a way, this difficulty stems from two related facts: (1) we are trying to construct a conceptual bridgework between one disci­ pline and another; and (2) the distance between the research fabric of any two of these disciplines is vast. It would probably not be unfair to say that a large number of scientists feel relatively contented in remaining within the bound­ aries of their own area of specialization. In a sense, that is certainly justifiable today primarily because of the intensity of such specialization. However, the participants of this symposium, who reflect some of the major thrusts in biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and psychology, have in the main chosen to explore the pathways that cross the interface between mind and body - be­ tween behavior and brain.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Role of γ-Aminobutyric Acid Metabolism in the Regulation of Cerebral Excitability....Pages 3-26
Biochemical Neuroanatomy of the Basal Ganglia....Pages 27-47
Cyclic AMP and the Inhibition of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells by Noradrenergic Synapses....Pages 49-56
Evidence for Cholinergic Transmission in the Cerebral Cortex....Pages 57-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Coding of Metabolic Information by Hepatic Glucoreceptors....Pages 81-97
Neurochemical Mechanisms of Temperature Regulation and Food Ingestion....Pages 99-114
Functional Changes of Synapses....Pages 115-124
The Chemical Coding of Aggression in Brain....Pages 125-150
Regulation of Hippocampal Information Processing By K+ Release and (K+)o Accumulation: Possible Role in Learning....Pages 151-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Introduction to Session III....Pages 169-170
Modulatory Effects of Acetylcholine and Catecholamines in the Caudate Nucleus During Motor Conditioning....Pages 171-187
The Effects of Drugs and Electrical Stimulation of the Brain on Memory Storage Processes....Pages 189-206
Neuro-Humoral Coding of Sleep by the Physiological Sleep Factor Delta....Pages 207-232
The Possible Nature of Sleep Inducing Brain Perfusates: Their Relationship to Seizure Inhibition....Pages 233-256
5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid in Cerebrospinal Fluid During Wakefulness, Sleep and After Electrical Stimulation of Specific Brain Structures....Pages 257-271
Modulation of Subcortical Inhibitory Mechanisms by Melatonin....Pages 273-287
Interaction of Amine Systems in the Central Nervous System in the Regulation of the States of Vigilance....Pages 289-309
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Comparative Biochemical and Behavioral Studies of Chronic Schizophrenic Patients and Normals....Pages 313-330
Phenylethylamine: Possible Role in Depression and Antidepressive Drug Action....Pages 331-357
Neurochemical, Neuroendocrine and Biorhythmic Aspects of Sleep in Man: Relationship to Clinical Pathological Disorders....Pages 359-397
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
The Chemical Coding Via the Cholinergic System: Its Organization and Behavioral Implications....Pages 399-418
A Model of the Vertebrate Nervous System Based Largely on Disinhibition: A Key Role of the GABA System....Pages 419-449
Back Matter....Pages 451-479

✦ Subjects

Neurosciences