The Developing Brain

✍ Scribed by Paul D. Coleman, Gerald A. Higgins and Creighton H. Phelps (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier
• Year: 1990
• Leaves: 338
• Series: Progress in Brain Research 86
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Edited by
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

List of Contributors
Pages v-viii

Preface
Page ix
Paul D. Coleman, Gerald A. Higgins, Creighton H. Phelps

Chapter 1 Neural plasticity in aging and Alzheimer's disease: some selected comments Original Research Article
Pages 3-9
Creighton H. Phelps

Chapter 2 Glucocorticoids, hippocampal damage and the glutamatergic synapse Original Research Article
Pages 13-23
Robert M. Sapolsky

Chapter 3 Hormones and programmed cell death: insights from invertebrate studies Original Research Article
Pages 25-35
James W. Truman, Susan E. Fahrbach, Ken-ichi Kimura

Chapter 4 Excitotoxin-mediated neuron death in youth and old age Original Research Article
Pages 37-51
John W. Olney

Chapter 5 Plasticity of excitatory amino acid receptors: implications for aging and Alzheimer's disease Original Research Article
Pages 55-61
Carl W. Cotman, James W. Geddes, Jolanta Ulas, Martina Klein

Chapter 6 Neurono-glial interactions and neural plasticity Original Research Article
Pages 63-73
Gustave Moonen, Bernard Rogister, Pierre Leprince, Jean-Michel Rigo, Paul Delré, Philippe P. Lefebvre, Jean Schoenen

Chapter 7 Neuronal plasticity in normal aging and deficient plasticity in Alzheimer's disease: a proposed intercellular signal cascade Original Research Article
Pages 75-87
Paul D. Coleman, Kathryn E. Rogers, Dorothy G. Flood

Chapter 8 Effects of aging on the dynamics of information processing and synaptic weight changes in the mammalian hippocampus Original Research Article
Pages 89-104
C.A. Barnes

Chapter 9 Synaptic plasticity and behavioral modifications in the marine mollusk Aplysia Original Research Article
Pages 105-115
Vincent F. Castellucci, Samuel Schacher

Chapter 10 Integration by the neuronal growth cone: a continuum from neuroplasticity to neuropathology Original Research Article
Pages 117-128
S.B. Kater, P.B. Guthrie, L.R. Mills

Chapter 11 Intracortical processes regulating the integration of sensory information Original Research Article
Pages 129-141
Ford F. Ebner, Michael A. Armstrong-James

Chapter 12 Selective and non-selective trophic actions on central cholinergic and dopaminergic neurons in vitro Original Research Article
Pages 145-155
Franz Hefti, Beat Knusel, Patrick P. Michel

Chapter 13 Neurotrophic factors in the CNS: biosynthetic processing and functional responses Original Research Article
Pages 157-167
Ralph A. Bradshaw, Joseph G. Altin, Michael Blaber, Kathleen P. Cavanaugh, David D. Eveleth, Harley I. Kornblum, Francis M. Leslie, Simona Raffioni

Chapter 14 S100β as a neurotrophic factor Original Research Article
Pages 169-181
Daniel R. Marshak

Chapter 15 Growth factor-mediated protection in aging CNS Original Research Article
Pages 183-194
Karin Werrbach-Perez, George Jackson, Dario Marchetti, Brent Morgan, Larry Thorpe, J. Regino Perez-Polo

Chapter 16 The brain nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene family Original Research Article
Pages 195-203
S. Heinemann, J. Boulter, E. Deneris, J. Conolly, R. Duvoisin, R. Papke, J. Patrick

Chapter 17 Gene therapy in the CNS: intracerebral grafting of genetically modified cells Original Research Article
Pages 205-217
Fred H. Gage, Michael B. Rosenberg, Mark H. Tuszynskil, Kazunari Yoshida, David M. Armstrong, Robert C. Hayes, Theodore Friedmann

Chapter 18 Receptors, phosphoinositol hydrolysis and plasticity of nerve cells Original Research Article
Pages 221-225
Norbert J. Pontzer, L. Judson Chandler, Bruce R. Stevens, Fulton T. Crews

Chapter 19 Nerve growth factor induces gene expression of the prion protein and βbT-amyloid protein precursor in the developing hamster central nervous system Original Research Article
Pages 227-238
Michael P. McKinley, Frank M. Longo, Janice S. Valletta, Fonda Rahbar, Rachael L. Neve, Stanley B. Prusiner, William C. Mobley

Chapter 20 Trophic regulation of basal forebrain gene expression in aging and Alzheimer's disease Original Research Article
Pages 239-255
Gerald A. Higgins, Sookyong Koh, Rachael L. Neve, Elliot J. Mufson, Karen S. Chen, Fred H. Gage

Chapter 21 Genetics and biology of the Alzheimer amyloid precursor Original Research Article
Pages 257-267
Rachael L. Neve, Linda R. Dawes, Bruce A. Yankner, Larry I. Benowitz, William Rodriguez, Gerald A. Higgins

Chapter 22 Receptor-effector coupling by G-proteins: implications for neuronal plasticity Original Research Article
Pages 269-276
Allen M. Spiegel

Chapter 23 Regulation of immediate early genes in brain: role of NMDA receptor activation Original Research Article
Pages 277-285
Paul F. Worley, Andrew J. Cole, David W. Saffen, Jay M. Baraban

Chapter 24 Inducible proto-oncogenes of the nervous system: their contribution to transcription factors and neuroplasticity Original Research Article
Pages 287-294
James I. Morgan, Tom Curran

Chapter 25 Neuronal responses to injury and aging: lessons from animal models Original Research Article
Pages 297-308
Donald L. Price, Edward H. Koo, Sangram S. Sisodia, Lee J. Martin, Vassilis E. Koliatsos, Nancy A. Muma, Lary C. Walker, Linda C. Cork

Chapter 26 GAP-43 as a marker for structural plasticity in the mature CNS Original Research Article
Pages 309-320
Larry I. Benowitz, Nora I. Perrone-Bizzozero, Rachael L. Neve, William Rodriguez

Chapter 27 Increased expression of the major embryonic αaL-tubulin mRNA, TαaL1, during neuronal regeneration, sprouting, and in Alzheimer's disease Original Research Article
Pages 321-330
Freda D. Miller, James W. Geddes

Chapter 28 Adhesion and the in vitro development of axons and dendrites Original Research Article
Pages 331-336
A. Prochiantz, A. Rousselet, B. Chamak

Chapter 29 A systems approach to aging, Alzheimer's disease, and spinal cord regeneration Original Research Article
Pages 339-355
Eugene Roberts

Subject Index
Pages 357-364