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Title Structure and function of the neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM / Vladimir Berezin, editor
Published New York : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 434 pages) : illustrations (some color), portrait
Series Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; 663
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; 663.
Contents Part I. Structure and ligands of NCAM. Structural biology of NCAM / Vladislav Soroka, Christina Kasper, Flemming M. Poulsen -- Extracellular protein interactions mediated by the neural cell adhesion molecule, NCAM : heterophilic interactions between NCAM and cell adhesion molecules, extracellular matrix proteins, and viruses / Janne Nielsen, Nikolaj Kulahin, Peter S. Walmod -- Intracelluar (i.e., Intracellular) ligands of NCAM / Bettina Büttner, Rüdiger Horstkorte -- Role of ATP in the regulation of NCAM function / Martin V. Hübschmann, Galina Skladchikova -- Part II. NCAM and plysialic acid. Polysialylation of NCAM / Herbert Hildebrandt, Martina Mühlenhoff, Rita Gerardy-Schahn -- Structural basis for the polysialylation of the neural cell adhesion molecule / Karen J. Colley -- Role of PSA-NCAM in adult neurogenesis / Eduardo Gascon, Laszlo Vutskits, Jozsef Zoltan Kiss -- Use of PSA-NCAM in repair of the central nervous system / Abderrahman El Maarouf, Urs Rutishauser -- Part III. NCAM-mediated signal transduction. Signaling pathways involved in NCAM-induced neurite outgrowth / Dorte Kornerup Ditlevsen, Kateryna Kolkova -- Role of the growth-associated protein GAP-43 in NCAM mediated neurite outgrowth / Irina Korshunova, Mark Mosevitsky -- Neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM and lipid rafts / Gro Klitgaard Povlsen, Dorte Kornerup Ditlevsen -- The neural cell adhesion molecule and epidermal growth factor receptor : signaling crosstalk / Gro Klitgaard Polvsen -- Part IV. NCAM metabolism -- Biosynthesis of NCAM / Kateryna Kolkova. -- Soluble NCAM / Thomas Secher -- Part V. NCAM, synapses, emotions, and memory. Role of NCAM in spine dynamics and synaptogenesis / D. Muller, P. Mendez, M. DeRoo, P. Klauser, S. Steen, and L. Poglia -- NCAM in long-term potentiation and learning / Barbara P. Hartz, Lars Christian B. Rønn -- Role of NCAM in emotion and learning / Lisa Conboy, Reto Bisaz, Kamila Markram, Carmen Sandi -- Part VI. NCAM in disease. NCAM in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders / Leann H. Brennaman, Patricia F. Maness -- Neural cell adhesion molecule in cancer : expression and mechanisms / Silvia Zecchini, Ugo Cavallaro -- Part VII. Pharmacology of NCAM : NCAM mimetics. NCAM mimetic peptides : an update / Vladimir Berezin, Elisabeth Bock -- Synthetic NCAM-derived ligands of the fibroblast growth factor receptor / Stine Maria Hansen, Shizhong Li, Elisabeth Bock, Vladimir Berezin -- Dendritic spine and synapse morphological alterations induced by neural cell adhesion molecule mimetic / Michael Stewart, Victor Popov, Nikolai Medvedev, Paul Gabbott, Nicola Corbett, Igor Kraev, Heather Davies -- Part VIII. Orthologs and paralogs of NCAM. Fasciclin II : the NCAM ortholog in Drosophila melanogaster / Lars V. Kristiansen, Michael Hortsch -- The neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM2/OCAM/RNCAM, a close relative to NCAM / Nikolaj Kulahin, Peter S. Walmod -- Part IX. Conclusion. Honoring Dr. Elisabeth Bock / Vladimir Berezin
Summary Adhesive interactions are important for cell trafficking, differentiation, function and tissue formation. In the nervous system, many cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are involved in migration of neuroblasts, outgrowth and fasciculation of neuronal processes, formation of synapses and rearrangements of synaptic contacts associated with plasticity including learning and memory. More than eighty CAMs were found to be localized at synaptic sites, where they in a regulated manner bridge pre- and postsynaptic specializations thereby modulating synaptic function. Structure and Function of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule NCAM describes recent developments concerning structural, functional and possible therapeutic aspects of one particular CAM, the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM). NCAM is one of the first identified and most studied CAMs, and this book is the first attempt to collectively summarize our current knowledge of this important cell adhesion molecule
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Molecular neurobiology.
Neurochemistry.
Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules -- physiology
Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules -- ultrastructure
Neurochemistry
MEDICAL -- Biochemistry.
Neurochemistry.
Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules -- physiology.
Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules -- ultrastructure.
Molecular neurobiology.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Molecular neurobiology
Neurochemistry
Form Electronic book
Author Berezin, V. A. (Vladimir Aleksandrovich)
LC no. 2009942988
ISBN 9781441911704
1441911707