Handbook of Neurochemistry: Volume 5 Metabolic Turnover in the Nervous System

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Analysis of Protein Synthesis in the Brain Using Cell-Free Techniques....Pages 1-24
Protein Turnover in Brain Synthesis and Degradation....Pages 25-63
The Nervous-System-Specific S100 Protein....Pages 65-100
Tubulin....Pages 101-126
The Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein and Astrocytic 10-Nanometer Filaments....Pages 127-151
Actomyosin....Pages 153-166
Phospholipid Transfer Proteins....Pages 167-176
Glycoproteins and Proteoglycans....Pages 177-204
Transfer RNA....Pages 205-216
The Organization of DNA in Brain Cells....Pages 217-226
Nucleic Acids in Developing Brain....Pages 227-250
Role of DNA in Brain Activity....Pages 251-276
Lipid Turnover....Pages 277-294
The Syntheses of Choline and Acetylcholine in Brain....Pages 295-310
Amino Acid Transport....Pages 311-337
Transport of Hexoses and Monocarboxylic Acids....Pages 339-354
Axoplasmic Transport....Pages 355-379
Retrograde Axonal Transport....Pages 381-404
Presence, Metabolism, and Axonal Transport of Transmitters in Peripheral Mammalian Axons....Pages 405-441
Nerve Growth Factor and Other Factors Acting on the Nervous System....Pages 443-466
Biochemical Differentiation and Development of Autonomic Neurons and Synapses....Pages 467-488
Back Matter....Pages 489-495