Cell Adhesion Molecules: Implications in Neurological Diseases

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Thy-1 Modulates Neurological Cell–Cell and Cell–Matrix Interactions Through Multiple Molecular Interactions....Pages 3-20
The IgCAMs CAR, BT-IgSF, and CLMP: Structure, Function, and Diseases....Pages 21-45
GLIALCAM, A Glial Cell Adhesion Molecule Implicated in Neurological Disease....Pages 47-59
The Neuroplastins: Multifunctional Neuronal Adhesion Molecules—Involvement in Behaviour and Disease....Pages 61-89
Roles of Nectins and Nectin-Like Molecules in the Nervous System....Pages 91-116
ICAM-5: A Neuronal Dendritic Adhesion Molecule Involved in Immune and Neuronal Functions....Pages 117-132
ROUNDABOUT Receptors....Pages 133-164
New Insights into the Roles of the Contactin Cell Adhesion Molecules in Neural Development....Pages 165-194
The L1 Family of Cell Adhesion Molecules: A Sickening Number of Mutations and Protein Functions....Pages 195-229
Organisation and Control of Neuronal Connectivity and Myelination by Cell Adhesion Molecule Neurofascin....Pages 231-247
Roles for DSCAM and DSCAML1 in Central Nervous System Development and Disease....Pages 249-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
The Adhesion Molecule Anosmin-1 in Neurology: Kallmann Syndrome and Beyond....Pages 273-292
Protocadherins in Neurological Diseases....Pages 293-314
Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules Belonging to the Family of Leucine-Rich Repeat Proteins....Pages 315-395
Erratum to: The L1 Family of Cell Adhesion Molecules: A Sickening Number of Mutations and Protein Functions....Pages E1-E1
Back Matter....Pages 397-409