Nitric Oxide in Brain Development, Plasticity, and Disease

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Copyright page
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List of Contributors
Pages v-vii

Preface
Pages ix-x
R. Ranney Mize, Ted M. Dawson, Valina M. Dawson, Michael J. Friedlander

Chapter 1 Regulation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase and identification of novel nitric oxide signaling pathways Original Research Article
Pages 3-11
Ted M. Dawson, Masayuki Sasaki, Mirella Gonzalez-Zulueta, Valina L. Dawson

Chapter 2 Genetic analysis of NOS isoforms using nNOS and eNOS knockout animals Original Research Article
Pages 13-25
Paul L. Huang, Eng H. Lo

Chapter 3 Monitoring neuronal NO release in vivo in cerebellum, thalamus and hippocampus Original Research Article
Pages 27-35
Steven R. Vincent, Julie A. Williams, Peter B. Reiner, Alaa El-Din El-Husseini

Chapter 4 A web-accessible digital atlas of the distribution of nitric oxide synthase in the mouse brain Original Research Article
Pages 37-50
R.J. Cork, M.L. Perrone, D. Bridges, J. Wandell, C.A. Scheiner, R.R. Mize

Chapter 5 Why is the role of nitric oxide in NMDA receptor function and dysfunction so controversial? Original Research Article
Pages 53-71
Elias Aizenman, Jessica C. Brimecombe, William K. Potthoff, Paul A. Rosenberg

Chapter 6 Redox modulation of the NMDA receptor by NO-related species Original Research Article
Pages 73-82
Stuart A. Lipton, Posina V. Rayudu, Yun-Beom Choi, Nikolaus J. Sucher, H.S.-Vincent Chen

Chapter 7 The subcellular distribution of nitric oxide synthase relative to the NR1 subunit of NMDA receptors in the cerebral cortex Original Research Article
Pages 83-97
Chiye Aoki1, David S. Bredt, Suzanne Fenstemaker, Mona Lubin

Chapter 8 Nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in visual system development Original Research Article
Pages 101-114
Karina S. Cramer, Catherine A. Leamey, Mriganka Sur

Chapter 9 Mechanisms involved in development of retinotectal connections: Roles of Eph receptor tyrosine kinases, NMDA receptors and nitric oxide Original Research Article
Pages 115-131
Alan F. Ernst, William M. Jurney, Steven C. McLoon

Chapter 10 The role of nitric oxide in development of the patch—cluster system and retinocollicular pathways in the rodent superior colliculus Original Research Article
Pages 133-152
R. Ranney Mize, Hope H. Wu, R. John Cork, Christopher A. Scheiner

Chapter 11 Nitric oxide as a retrograde messenger during long-term potentiation in hippocampus Original Research Article
Pages 155-172
Robert D. Hawkins, Hyeon Son, Ottavio Arancio

Chapter 12 Modulation of LTP induction by NMDA receptor activation and nitric oxide release Original Research Article
Pages 173-182
Charles F. Zorumski, Yukitoshi Izumi

Chapter 13 Dynamic modulation of cerebral cortex synaptic function by nitric oxide Original Research Article
Pages 183-198
Prakash Kara, Michael J. Friedlander

Chapter 14 Interaction of nitric oxide and external calcium fluctuations: A possible substrate for rapid information retrieval Original Research Article
Pages 199-211
David M. Egelman, Richard D. King, P. Read Montague

Chapter 15 Nitric oxide in neurodegeneration Original Research Article
Pages 215-229
Valina L. Dawson, Ted M. Dawson

Chapter 16 Mechanisms of NO neurotoxicity Original Research Article
Pages 231-239
Turgay Dalkara, Matthias Endres, Michael A. Moskowitz

Chapter 17 Glial glutamate transport as target for nitric oxide: consequences for neurotoxicity Original Research Article
Pages 241-251
Zu-Cheng Ye, Harald Sontheimer

Chapter 18 Expression of nitric oxide synthase-2 in glia associated with CNS pathology Original Research Article
Pages 253-267
Angela K. Loihl, Sean Murphy

Chapter 19 Role of endogenous nitric oxide and peroxynitrite formation in the survival and death of motor neurons in culture Original Research Article
Pages 269-280
Alvaro G. Estévez, Nathan Spear, S. Machelle Manuel, Luis Barbeito, Rafael Radi, Joseph S. Beckman

Chapter 20 The neuromessenger platelet-activating factor in plasticity and neurodegeneration Original Research Article
Pages 281-291
Nicolas G. Bazan

Subject Index
Pages 293-302