The Synapse. Structure and Function
β Scribed by Virginia Pickel and Menahem Segal (Eds.)
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 512
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xiv, Chiye Aoki, Uri Ashery, Boaz Barak, Dana Bar-On, Yoav Ben-Simon, Noa Bielopolski, Tamara Blutstein, Michael E. Cahill, Juliette E. Cheyne, Heather A. Davies, Mathias De Roo, Laurent Descarries, Joseph Dynes, Alev Erisir, Shannon Farris, Irit Gottfried, Yuko Hara, Philip G. Haydon, Christopher Heise, Martin Horak, et al.
Chapter One - Structure and Complexity of the Synapse and Dendritic Spine, Pages 1-20, Michael G. Stewart, Victor I. Popov, Igor V. Kraev, Nikolay Medvedev, Heather A. Davies
Chapter Two - The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic Transmission: A View of the Presynaptic Terminal, Pages 21-109, Uri Ashery, Noa Bielopolski, Ayal Lavi, Boaz Barak, Lirin Michaeli, Yoav Ben-Simon, Anton Sheinin, Dana Bar-On, Zehavit Shapira, Irit Gottfried
Chapter Three - The First Hour in the Life of a Synapse: Contact Formation, Partner Selection, and Onset of Function, Pages 111-128, Juliette E. Cheyne, Christian Lohmann
Chapter Four - Structural and Functional Organization of the Postsynaptic Density, Pages 129-153, Chiara Verpelli, Christopher Heise, Carlo Sala
Chapter Five - The Tripartite Synapse: A Role for Glial Cells in Modulating Synaptic Transmission, Pages 155-172, Tamara Blutstein, Philip G. Haydon
Chapter Six - Local Protein Synthesis at Synapses, Pages 173-194, Oswald Steward, Joseph Dynes, Shannon Farris
Chapter Seven - Estrogen Effects on Hippocampal Synapses, Pages 195-219, Teresa A. Milner, Bruce S. McEwen, Elizabeth M. Waters
Chapter Eight - Trafficking of Glutamate Receptors and Associated Proteins in Synaptic Plasticity, Pages 221-279, Martin Horak, Gail K. Seabold, Ronald S. Petralia
Chapter Nine - Structural Alterations of Synapses in Psychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Pages 281-300, Peter Penzes, Christine Remmers, Michael E. Cahill, Kelly A. Jones, Jon-Eric VanLeeuwen, Kevin M. Woolfrey
Chapter Ten - Synaptic Correlates of Aging and Cognitive Decline, Pages 301-342, Yuko Hara, John H. Morrison
Chapter Eleven - Activity-Induced Fine Structural Changes of Synapses in Mammalian Central Nervous System, Pages 343-376, Jung-Hwa Tao-Cheng
Chapter Twelve - Activity-Mediated Structural Plasticity of Dendritic Spines, Pages 377-395, Dominique Muller, Mathias De Roo, Irina Nikonenko
Chapter Thirteen - Experience-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in the Developing Cerebral Cortex, Pages 397-445, Chiye Aoki, Alev Erisir
Chapter Fourteen - Asynaptic and Synaptic Innervation by Acetylcholine Neurons of the Central Nervous System, Pages 447-466, Laurent Descarries, Martin Parent
Chapter Fifteen - Prefrontal Cortical Dopamine Transmission: Ultrastructural Studies and Their Functional Implications, Pages 467-501, Susan R. Sesack
Index, Pages 503-513
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