Glutamate

Content: 
List of contributors
Pages v-vii

Preface
Pages ix-x
Ole Petter Ottersen, Jon Storm-Mathisen

Chapter 1 Biochemistry and anatomy of transmitter glutamate Original Research Article
Pages 1-44
J. Broman, B. Hassel, E. Rinvik, O.P. Ottersen

Chapter II Aspartate—neurochemical evidence for a transmitter role Original Research Article
Pages 45-62
V. Gundersen, J. Storm-Mathisen

Chapter III Metabotropic glutamate receptors — immunocytochemical and in situ hybridization analyses Original Research Article
Pages 63-98
R. Shigemoto, N. Mizuno

Chapter IV AMPA, kainate and NMDA ionotropic glutamate receptor expression—an in situ hybridization atlas Original Research Article
Pages 99-143
W. Wisden, P.H. Seeburg, H. Monyer

Chapter V Regional and synaptic expression of ionotropic glutamate receptors Original Research Article
Pages 145-182
R.S. Petralia, M.E. Rubio, Y.-X. Wang, R.J. Wenthold

Chapter VI Targeting and anchoring of glutamate receptors and associated signaling molecules Original Research Article
Pages 183-201
M. Wyszynski, M. Sheng

Chapter VII Enzymes responsible for glutamate synthesis and degradation Original Research Article
Pages 203-230
T. Kaneko

Chapter VIII Sodium- and potassium-dependent excitatory amino acid transporters in brain plasma membranes Original Research Article
Pages 231-254
N.C. Danbolt

Chapter IX Glutamate neurotransmission in the mammalian inner ear Original Research Article
Pages 255-271
S. Usami, A. Matsubara, S. Fujita, Y. Takumi, O.P. Ottersen

Chapter X A model glutamate synapse—the lamprey giant reticulospinal axon Original Research Article
Pages 273-288
O. Shupliakov, L. Brodin

Subject index
Pages 289-291