Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators
Subtitle: handbook of receptors and biological effects
By: Oliver von Bohlen und Halbach, Rolf Dermietzel ; language editing by David J. Ballantyne.
Contributors: Dermietzel, Rolf.
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Weinheim
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Neurotransmitters.; Neural transmission.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction; value: 1.1 Neuroactive Substances 3; value: 1.2 Receptors and Transporters 7; value: 1.3 Distribution and Localization of Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators 13; value: 1.4 The Blood-Brain Barrier 14; value: 1.5 Volume Transmission and Wiring Transmission 16; value: 2 Methods 19; value: 2.1 Bio- and Radioisotope Assays 20; value: 2.2 Microdialysis and Electrochemical Detection 21; value: 2.3 Chromatography 24; value: 2.4 Autoradiography 26; value: 2.5 Immunohistochemical Methods 27; value: 2.6 In-situ Hybridization (ISH) 28; value: 2.7 Staining and Neuroanatomical Tract Tracing 30; value: 2.8 Electrophysiology 31; value: 2.9 Behavioral Testing 36; value: 3 Neurotransmitters 40; value: 3.1 Acetylcholine (ACh) 41; value: 3.2 Dopamine 52; value: 3.3 GABA (Y-Amino Butyric Acid) 64; value: 3.4 Glutamate and Aspartate 74; value: 3.5 Glycine 89; value: 3.6 Histamine 92; value: 3.7 Norepinephrine 98; value: 3.8 Serotonin 107; value: 4 Neuromodulators 116; value: 4.1 Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) 117; value: 4.2 Anandamide 120; value: 4.3 Angiotensin 127; value: 4.4 Atrial Natriuretic Factor 134; value: 4.5 Calcitonin and Calcitonin Gene-related Protein 139; value: 4.6 Cholecystokinin 143; value: 4.7 Corticotropin-releasing Factor (CRF) 150; value: 4.8 Dynorphin 155; value: 4.9 Eicosanoids and Arachidonic Acid 160; value: 4.10 Endorphin 165; value: 4.11 Enkephalin 169; value: 4.12 Galanin 174; value: 4.13 Growth Hormone-releasing Hormone (GHRH) 179; value: 4.14 Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone 182; value: 4.15 Interleukin 186; value: 4.16 Melanin-concentrating Hormone 192; value: 4.17 Melanocyte-stimulating Hormone 196; value: 4.18 Neurotensin 201; value: 4.19 Nitric Oxide (NO) 207; value: 4.20 Nociceptin (Orphanin FQ) 213; value: 4.21 Neuropeptide Y 218; value: 4.22 PACAP (Pituitary Adenylate Cydase-activating Polypeptide) 224; value: 4.23 Proopiomelanocortin 227; value: 4.24 Purines 231; value: 4.25 Somatostatin 237; value: 4.26 Substance P and Tachykinins 244; value: 4.27 Thyrotropin-releasing Hormone 250; value: 4.28 Tyr-MIF-i Family 256; value: 4.29 Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP) 258; value: 4.30 Vasopressin and Oxytocin 263; value: A Appendix 272; value: Al Amino Acids 272; value: A2 Nudeotides 274; value: A3 Abbreviations for Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators 275; value: A4 Miscellaneous Abbreviations (Enzymes and Transporter) 277; value: Index 279.