ABSTRACT
This book provides insights into general experimental strategies and quite detailed accounts of experiments in molecular neuroscience. It is useful to final year undergraduates and post-graduates interested in the impact that the new science of molecular biology is having on neuroscience.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|2 pages
Introduction
chapter 2|18 pages
Receptor cloning
chapter 3|10 pages
Molecular anatomy of the nervous system
chapter 4|22 pages
Voltage-gated ion channels
chapter 5|19 pages
Ionotropic receptors
chapter 6|17 pages
Metabotropic receptors and signal transduction mechanisms
chapter 7|16 pages
Neurotransmitter release
chapter 8|27 pages
Mechanisms of plasticity
chapter 9|16 pages
Molecular mechanisms in neurodegenerative disease
part |1 pages
Appendices
chapter |7 pages
Appendix 3. Some second messenger-activated enzymes
part |1 pages
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