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Author Bohlen und Halbach, Oliver von.

Title Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators : handbook of receptors and biological effects / Oliver von Bohlen und Halbach, Rolf Dermietzel ; language editing by David J. Ballantyne
Published Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2002]
©2002
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 285 pages) : illustrations
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Neuroactive Substances 3 -- 1.2 Receptors and Transporters 7 -- 1.3 Distribution and Localization of Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators 13 -- 1.4 The Blood-Brain Barrier 14 -- 1.5 Volume Transmission and Wiring Transmission 16 -- 2 Methods 19 -- 2.1 Bio- and Radioisotope Assays 20 -- 2.2 Microdialysis and Electrochemical Detection 21 -- 2.3 Chromatography 24 -- 2.4 Autoradiography 26 -- 2.5 Immunohistochemical Methods 27 -- 2.6 In-situ Hybridization (ISH) 28 -- 2.7 Staining and Neuroanatomical Tract Tracing 30 -- 2.8 Electrophysiology 31 -- 2.9 Behavioral Testing 36 -- 3 Neurotransmitters 40 -- 3.1 Acetylcholine (ACh) 41 -- 3.2 Dopamine 52 -- 3.3 GABA (Y-Amino Butyric Acid) 64 -- 3.4 Glutamate and Aspartate 74 -- 3.5 Glycine 89 -- 3.6 Histamine 92 -- 3.7 Norepinephrine 98 -- 3.8 Serotonin 107 -- 4 Neuromodulators 116 -- 4.1 Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) 117 -- 4.2 Anandamide 120 -- 4.3 Angiotensin 127 -- 4.4 Atrial Natriuretic Factor 134 -- 4.5 Calcitonin and Calcitonin Gene-related Protein 139 -- 4.6 Cholecystokinin 143 -- 4.7 Corticotropin-releasing Factor (CRF) 150 -- 4.8 Dynorphin 155 -- 4.9 Eicosanoids and Arachidonic Acid 160 -- 4.10 Endorphin 165 -- 4.11 Enkephalin 169 -- 4.12 Galanin 174 -- 4.13 Growth Hormone-releasing Hormone (GHRH) 179 -- 4.14 Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone 182 -- 4.15 Interleukin 186 -- 4.16 Melanin-concentrating Hormone 192 -- 4.17 Melanocyte-stimulating Hormone 196 -- 4.18 Neurotensin 201 -- 4.19 Nitric Oxide (NO) 207 -- 4.20 Nociceptin (Orphanin FQ) 213 -- 4.21 Neuropeptide Y 218 -- 4.22 PACAP (Pituitary Adenylate Cydase-activating Polypeptide) 224 -- 4.23 Proopiomelanocortin 227 -- 4.24 Purines 231 -- 4.25 Somatostatin 237 -- 4.26 Substance P and Tachykinins 244 -- 4.27 Thyrotropin-releasing Hormone 250 -- 4.28 Tyr-MIF-i Family 256 -- 4.29 Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP) 258 -- 4.30 Vasopressin and Oxytocin 263 -- A Appendix 272 -- Al Amino Acids 272 -- A2 Nudeotides 274 -- A3 Abbreviations for Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators 275 -- A4 Miscellaneous Abbreviations (Enzymes and Transporter) 277 -- Index 279
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Neurotransmitter Agents -- physiology.
Receptors, Neurotransmitter -- physiology.
Neural transmission -- Regulations.
Neurotransmitter receptors -- Physiology.
Neurotransmitters -- Regulations.
Neurotransmitters -- Physiology.
Genre/Form Rules.
Administrative regulations.
Form Electronic book
Author Dermietzel, Rolf.
ISBN 3527600736
9783527600731