Current Aspects of the Neurosciences: Volume 2

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Second Messengers in Neuronal Growth and Degeneration....Pages 1-48
Receptors Linked to Hydrolysis of Choline Phospholipids: the Role of Phospholipase D in a Putative Mechanism of Signal Transduction....Pages 49-76
Pertussis Toxin-sensitive GTP-binding Proteins in Neuronal Tissues: Recent Insights into Expression and Function....Pages 77-107
Regulation of Ion Channels and Neurotransmitter Release by Protein Kinase C....Pages 109-142
From Synapse to Genome: the Role of Immediate-early Genes in Permanent Alterations in the Central Nervous System....Pages 143-157
Platelet-derived Products and Adrenergic Neurotransmission....Pages 159-190
Control of Exocytosis in Secretory Cells: the Adrenal Chromaffin Cell....Pages 191-218
Neuropeptide Co-storage and Exocytosis by Neuronal Large Dense-cored Vesicles: How Good is the Evidence?....Pages 219-258
Selective Ligands for Benzodiazepine Receptors: Recent Developments....Pages 259-293
Back Matter....Pages 295-300