Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Subtitle: From Molecular Biology to Cognition (Odile Jacob)
Publisher: Odile Jacob
Published: September 8, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780976890805
Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Neuroscience; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science / General; General; Acetylcholine; Receptors, Nicotinic; Synaptic Transmission; physiology
First sentence: The word "neuroscience" is relatively new, referring as it does to a field of scientific inquiry that developed only recently.
Description: The acetylcholine nicotinic receptor is among the most studied receptors in neuroscience. Involved in muscle contraction and a wide variety of other neurological functions, including the processing of nicotine, it was the first receptor to be isolated and observed at the molecular level, providing a major research pathway for scientists working in neuroscience, biochemistry, pharmacology, and behavioral science. This book describes four decades of scientific research that inform our current understanding of this receptor.