Molecular Aspects of Neurobiology

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Interrelationships of Cellular Mechanisms for Different Forms of Learning and Memory....Pages 1-14
Serotonin Modulates the Action Potential in Growth Cone Precursors of Sensory Neuron Terminals in Aplysia ....Pages 15-18
Serotonin and cAMP Mediate Plastic Changes in Swimming Activity of Hirudo m ....Pages 19-21
NGF Modulates the Synthesis of a Nuclear Lactic Dehydrogenase with Single-stranded DNA-Binding Properties....Pages 22-28
Molecular Cloning of a Gene Sequence Induced by NGF in PC12 Cells....Pages 29-30
Thymocytes as Potential Target Cells for Nerve Growth Factor....Pages 31-36
Expression of the v-src Oncogene Induces Differentiation in PC12 Cells....Pages 37-39
Serum Influences β-NGF Gene Expression in Mouse L Cells....Pages 40-42
Isolation of Glia Maturation Factor with HPLC and Verification with a Monoclonal Antibody....Pages 43-47
Nicotinic Receptors from Different Peripheral Organs and from Brain are Highly Homologous, Complex Proteins....Pages 48-53
Structure and Function of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor and of the Voltage-dependent Na + -Channel....Pages 54-59
Molecular Cloning of Receptors for Acetylcholine....Pages 60-65
The Molecular Biology of Acetylcholine Receptors from the Vertebrate Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems....Pages 66-74
Regulation of Synapse-specific Genes....Pages 75-80
Asymmetrical Distribution of Membrane-bound Cytoskeleton Proteins at the Innervated and Non-innervated Membrane Domains in Torpedo Electrocytes....Pages 81-84
In Search of the Binding Site of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor....Pages 85-87
Identification of Acetylcholine Receptors from the Central Nervous System of Insects....Pages 88-90
The GABA/Benzodiazepine Receptor Complex: Function, Structure and Location....Pages 91-96
TBPS Binding to the GABA/Benzodiazepine Receptor Complex in Cultured Cerebellar Granule Cells....Pages 97-100
Distribution and Transmembrane Organization of Glycine Receptors at Central Synapses: an Immunocytochemical Touch....Pages 101-105
Modulation of a Potassium Channel in Aplysia Sensory Neurons: Role of Protein Phosphorylation....Pages 106-112
Voltage-gated Sodium, Potassium and Chloride Channels in Rat Cultured Astrocytes....Pages 113-116
Molecular Weights of Subunits of the Na + Channel and a Ca 2+ -activated K + Channel in Rat Brain....Pages 117-120
The Differentiation of Cell Types in the Vertebrate CNS....Pages 121-131
The Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule in Development: Examples of Differential Adhesion....Pages 132-136
Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Adhesion in Neurogenesis....Pages 137-142
Radial Organization of the Cerebral Cortex: Genetic and Phylogenetic Determinants....Pages 143-147
Regulation of Dorsal Root Ganglia Proteins and Genes During Early Development and Synaptogenesis....Pages 148-150
Astrocytic Cell Clones from Mouse Cerebella Induce Differentiation of Embryonic Neuroblasts....Pages 151-153
Cell Interactions in the Morphogenesis of the Neural Crest....Pages 154-157
Persistent Rabies Virus Infection of Neuronal Cells Causes Defects in Neuroreceptor Regulation....Pages 158-161
Plasminogen Activator (PA) in Muscle, Its Activation Post-Denervation....Pages 162-166
Adhesive Basement Membrane (BM) Proteins are Degraded by Plasminogen Activator in the Presence of Plasminogen....Pages 167-171
Soybean Lectin Binding to the Olfactory System of Xenopus ....Pages 172-175
Isolation of cDNA Clones Encoding Neurofilament Proteins....Pages 176-181
The Murine Thy-1 Gene....Pages 182-187
Molecular Diversity and Neuronal Function....Pages 188-192
Estrogen-induced Accumulation of mRNA in Selected Brain Areas....Pages 193-197
Neuronotrophic Activity for CNS Neurons Extracted from Bovine Caudate Nucleus: Partial Purification and Characterization....Pages 198-201
Back Matter....Pages 203-205