The hippocampus [[electronic resource] ] : neurotransmission and plasticity in the nervous system / / Philippe Taupin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454639503321
• Autore: Taupin Philippe
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2007
• ISBN: 1-60692-753-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
• Disciplina: 612.8/25
• Soggetti: Hippocampus (Brain) - Physiology; Neural transmission; Neuroplasticity; GABA; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""THE HIPPOCAMPUS -NEUROTRANSMISSION AND PLASTICITYIN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM""; ""NOTICE TO THE READER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""THE HIPPOCAMPUS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE HIPPOCAMPUS""; ""HIPPOCAMPAL SUBFIELDS""; ""The Dentate Gyrus""; ""The Cornu Ammonis""; ""HIPPOCAMPAL PATHWAYS""; ""The Tri-Synaptic Circuit""; ""Hippocampal Afferences""; ""Hippocampal Interneurons""; ""Feed-Back Inhibition and Feed-Forward Inhibition""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""NEUROTRANSMITTERSIN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM""""Characterizing Neurotransmitters""; ""Ionotropic and Metabotropic Receptors""; ""Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurotransmitters""; ""Glutamate and GABA the Main Neurotransmitters of the Nervous System""; ""THE EXCITATORY NEUROTRANSMITTER GLUTAMATE""; ""Metabolism""; ""Glutamate Receptors""; ""Glutamate Transporters""; ""THE INHIBITORY NEUROTRANSMITTER GABA""; ""Metabolism""; ""GABA Receptors""; ""GABA Transporters""; ""DEFINING GLU AND GABA AS NEUROTRANSMITTERS""; ""GABA is thought to Occur in high Concentrations Exclusively in Nerve Cellsthat use it as Neurotransmitters""""Glu is not Restricted to Neurons that use it as a Neurotransmitter""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""GENE EXPRESSION IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MOLECULAR MARKERS OF THE HIPPOCAMPUS""; ""GENE PROFILING OF HIPPOCAMPAL SUB-REGIONS""; ""FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS DEFINING THE CA2 REGION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""GRANULE CELLS AND MOSSY FIBERS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE MOSSY FIBER-CA3 PYRAMIDAL CELL SYNAPSES""; ""Histology of Mossy Fiber Terminals""""Isolation and Purification of Mossy Fiber Terminals: Mossy FiberSynaptosomes""; ""BIOCHEMISTRY OF GRANULE CELLS AND MOSSY FIBERS""; ""Granule Cells are Glutamatergic Excitatory Nerve Cells""; ""Endogenous Opioid Peptides are Enriched in Granule Cells and MossyFibers""; ""Mossy Fibers Express Neurotrophins and Trophic Activities""; ""Desmoplakin is Expressed by Granule Cells of the Hippocampus""; ""Zinc is Enriched in Granule Cells and Mossy Fibers""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""THE DALEâ€?S PRINCIPLE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""""NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND NEUROMEDIATORS""; ""MULTIPLE NEUROTRANSMITTERSWITHIN THE SAME NERVE CELLS""; ""SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CO-RELEASE OF MULTIPLETRANSMITTERS FROM THE SAME NERVE CELL POPULATION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""PLASTICITY OF THE GABAPHENOTYPE IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""EXCITATORY ACTIVITY OF GABA""; ""During Development and in the Adult Nervous System""; ""Circadian Rhythms""; ""Traumatic Injury""; ""Reversal of Cl- Distribution""; ""GABA PHENOTYPE IN GLUTAMATERGIC NERVE CELLS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""MOSSY FIBERS AND GABA""