Functional Plasticity and Genetic Variation :Insights into the Neurobiology of Alcoholism ( Volume 91 )

Publication subTitle :Insights into the Neurobiology of Alcoholism

Publication series :Volume 91

Author: Reilly   Matthew;Lovinger   David M  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2010

E-ISBN: 9780123812773

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780123812766

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780123812766

Subject: R Medicine and Health;R74 Neurology and Psychiatry;R741 Neurology

Language: ENG

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Description

With recent advances of modern medicine more people reach the 'elderly age' around the globe and the number of dementia cases are ever increasing. This book is about various aspects of dementia and provides its readers with a wide range of thought-provoking sub-topics in the field of dementia. The ultimate goal of this monograph is to stimulate other physicians' and neuroscientists' interest to carry out more research projects into pathogenesis of this devastating group of diseases.

Chapter

Cover

pp.:  1 – 2

Copyright

pp.:  5 – 6

Contents

pp.:  6 – 10

Contributors

pp.:  10 – 12

Preface

pp.:  12 – 14

The Genetics of Behavioral Alcohol Responses in Drosophila

pp.:  38 – 66

Neural Plasticity, Human Genetics, and Riskfor Alcohol Dependence

pp.:  66 – 108

Using Expression Genetics to Study the Neurobiology of Ethanol and Alcoholism

pp.:  108 – 142

Genetic Variation and Brain Gene Expression in Rodent Models of Alcoholism: Implications for Medication Development

pp.:  142 – 186

Identifying Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) and Genes (QTGs) for Alcohol-Related Phenotypes in Mice

pp.:  186 – 218

Glutamate Plasticity in the Drunken Amygdala: The Makingof an Anxious Synapse

pp.:  218 – 248

Ethanol Action on Dopaminergic Neurons inthe Ventral Tegmental Area: Interaction with Intrinsic Ion Channels and Neurotransmitter Inputs

pp.:  248 – 302

Alcohol and the Prefrontal Cortex

pp.:  302 – 334

BK Channel and Alcohol, A Complicated Affair

pp.:  334 – 352

A Review of Synaptic Plasticity at Purkinje Neurons with a Focus on Ethanol-Induced Cerebellar Dysfunction

pp.:  352 – 386

Index

pp.:  386 – 406

Contents of Recent Volumes

pp.:  406 – 438

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