Selected Topics from Neurochemistry

Author: Osborne   Neville N.  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2013

E-ISBN: 9781483286358

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780080319940

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780080319940

Subject: Q959.8 Mammalia

Language: ENG

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This book contains up-dated versions of articles which proved very popular when first published in Neurochemistry International. The articles draw attention to developments in a specific field perhaps unfamiliar to the reader, collating observations from a wide area which seem to point in a new direction, giving the author's personal view on a controversial topic, or directing soundly based criticism at some widely held dogma or widely used technique in the neurosciences.

Chapter

RESEARCH ETHICS

CONCLUDING REMARKS

REFERENCES

ADDENDUM

LESSONS FROM THE USE OF LITHIUM FOR MANIC DEPRESSION

ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN VIVO

PAYING LIP SERVICE TO ERRORS AND ARTIFACTS, WHILE IGNORING THEM IN CALCULATIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND HYPOTHESES

ANALYSIS OF A TECHNIQUE OR AN ATTACK ON ITS USE

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

NORMAL HUMAN NEURAL TISSUE

CONTROL EXPERIMENTS IN GENERAL

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Chapter 2 Metabolic and functional studies on post-mortem human brain

STUDIES ON METABOLISM IN POST-MORTEM TISSUE

TRANSMITTER UPTAKE, SYNTHESIS AND RELEASE BY POST- MORTEM TISSUE PREPARATIONS

THE UNDERLYING ENZYMIC AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF POST-MORTEM BRAIN

STORAGE OF TISSUE WITH RETENTION OF ACTIVITY

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH THE USE OF HUMAN BRAIN TISSUE FOR BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH

CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

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ADDENDUM

NEUROTRANSMITTERS STUDIES

MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

AGONAL STATE

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Chapter 3 Communication between neurones: current concepts

THE CONCEPT OF NEUROTRANSMISSION

CAN NEUROTRANSMITTERS BE RELEASED NON-SYNAPTICALLY?

DO NEURONES USE MORE THAN ONE NEUROTRANSMITTER?

CO-EXISTENCE OF TRANSMITTER MOLECULES IN INVERTEBRATE NEURONES

CO-EXISTENCE OF TRANSMITTER MOLECULES IN VERTEBRATE NEURONES

WHY SHOULD A NEURONE NOT CONTAIN MORE THAN ONE TRANSMITTER?

THE CONCEPT OF NEUROMODULATOR?

GENERAL CONCLUSIONS

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CRITIQUE CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEURONES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TEMPORAL PATTERNING

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 4 Possible mechanisms involved in the release and modulation of release of neuroactive agents

THE VESICULAR-EXOCYTOTIC THEORY

PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION

THE PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL EFFECT

PROTEIN CARBOXYMETHYLATION

PHOSPHOLIPID METHYLATION

CONCLUDING REMARKS

REFERENCES

CRITIQUE PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF CYTOPLASMIC AND NON-SYNAPTIC RELEASE OF TRANSMITTER

PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF CYTOPLASMIC RELEASE OF TRANSMITTERS

ROLE OF CALCIUM IN RELEASE

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Chapter 5 Cholinergic systems in mammalian brain identified with antibodies against choline acetyltransferase

PREPARATION OF ChAT ANTIGEN AND ANTIChAT ANTIBODIES

DISTRIBUTION OF ChAT IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN THE CNS

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ChAT AND AChE LOCALIZATION

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

CRITIQUE ON THE MAPPING OF THE CHOLINERGIC NEURONS BY IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 6 Neural control of muscle

These topics have been discussed in Mayer and Max (1983) and Max and Mayer (1983).

ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR

GLUCOSE 6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (G6PD)

CONCLUSIONS

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 7 Neurochemical aspects of the opioid-induced 'catatonia'

NEUROCHEMICAL ASPECTS

FROM NEUROCHEMISTRY TO MOTOR PHENOMENA AND BEHAVIOUR

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CRITIQUE NEUROCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE OPIOID-INDUCED 'CATATONIA'

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 8 Polyamine metabolism and function in brain

POLYAMINE BIOSYNTHESIS AND CATABOLISM

TURNOVER

TRANSFORMATION OF PUTRESCINE INTO GABA

POLYAMINES IN MATUR EVERTEBRATE BRAINS

POLYAMINES AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

MODULATION OF POLYAMINE METABOLISM

CONCLUSIONS

AXONAL TRANSPORT

REFERENCES

CRITIQUE POLYAMINE METABOLISM AND FUNCTION IN BRAIN

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 9 Current status of the biogenic amine theory of depression

1. ASSESSMENT OF THE CLINICAL EVIDENCE

2. ASSESSMENT OF THE PHARMACOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

3. POSSIBLE ROLE OF HISTAMINES, TRACE AMINES AND OTHER SUBSTANCES IN DEPRESSION

4. CONCLUSIONS

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CRITIQUE CURRENT STATUS OF THE BIOGENIC AMINE THEORY OF DEPRESSION

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ADDENDUM

CONCLUSIONS

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Chapter 10 GABA and endocrine regulation—relation to neurologic-psychiatric disorders

PRESENCE OF THE GABA SYSTEM IN ENDOCRINE TISSUES

EFFECTS OF GABA ON HORMONAL RELEASE

RELATION OF GABA TO AN ENDOCRINOLOGICAL BASIS FOR NEUROLOGIC-PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS OF MAN

CONCLUDING REMARKS

REFERENCES

CRITIQUE GABA AND ENDOCRINE REGULATION

CRITIQUE OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF GABA IN ENDOCRINE REGULATION

CRITIQUE OF THE ROLE OF GABA IN PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

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CRITIQUE GABA AND ENDOCRINE REGULATION—RELATION TO NEUROLOGIC-PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

CONCLUSION

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 11 Central GABA-ergic systems and feeding behavior

EFFECTS OF SYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION OF GABA-ERGIC AGENTS ON FOOD INTAKE

EFFECTS OF INTRACEREBRAL OR INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR ADMINISTRATION OF GABA-ERGIC AGENTS ON FOOD INTAKE

INTERACTION OF BENZODIAZEPINES AND GABA

EFFECTS OF DIETARY GABA ON FOOD INTAKE AND BODY GROWTH

ONCLUDING REMARKS

REFERENCES

ADDENDUM

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Chapter 12 GAB A and "Neuro-cardiovascular" mechanisms

1. EFFECTS OF GABA, GABA-ANALOGUES, AND GABA-ANTAGONISTS ON CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION

2.THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF THEPERIPHERAL GABA-ERGICSY STEM IN CARDIOVASCULAR CONTROL

3. GABA-RECEPTORS OF BLOOD VESSELS

4.POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CARDIOVASCULAR GABA-ERGIC MECHANISMS AND HUMAN DISORDERS; CONCLUSIONS AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 13 Effects of psychoactive agents on GABA binding processes

BENZODIAZEPINE/GABA INTERACTIONS

BARBITURATE/GABA INTERACTIONS

OPIATE/GABA INTERACTIONS

ETHANOL/GABA INTERACTIONS

EFFECTS OF OTHER CENTRALLY-ACTIVE AGENTS ON GABA BINDING

GENERAL CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

ADDENDUM

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Chapter 14 Do different populations of GABA-receptors exist in the vertebrate CNS?

NA + -DEPENDENT VS NA + -INDEPENDENT GABA BINDING PROCESSES—UPTAKE SITES VS RECEPTOR SITES

EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF GABA-RECEPTORS DERIVED FROM KINETI CANALYSES OF BINDING DATA

SOLUBILIZED GABA-RECEPTORS: ONE OR TWO SITES?

EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF GABA-RECEPTORS DERIVED FROM HEAT-INACTIVATION STUDIES

EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF GABA-RECEPTORS DERIVED FROM STUDIES ON BENZODIAZEPINE-GABA INTERACTIONS

OTHER EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF GABA-RECEPTORS BASED ON STUDIES WITH PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS

PRESYNAPTIC GABA-RECEPTORS

DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF GABA-RECEPTORS REVEALED BY STUDIES OF FUNCTIONAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF GABA RECEPTORS REVEALED BY ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INVERTEBRATE MUSCLE FIBERS

EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF GABA-RECEPTORS DERIVED FROM BEHAVIORAL STUDIES

DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF GABARECEPTORS REVEALED BY ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INVERTEBRATE MUSCLE FIBERS

CONCLUDING REMARKS

EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF GABA-RECEPTORS DERIVED FROM BEHAVIORAL STUDIES

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 15 Adenosine binding sites in brain; relationship to endogenous levels of adenosine and to its physiological and regulatory roles

ENDOGENOUS LEVELS OF TOTAL AND BOUND ADENOSINE IN BRAIN

CHARACTERISATION OF THE ADENOSINE BINDING SITE

RELATIONSHIP OF S-ADENOSYL HOMOCYSTEINASE TO CYCLIC AMP FORMATION

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ADDENDUM

REFERENCES

ENDOGENOUS LEVELS OF TOTAL AND BOUND ADENOSINE IN BRAIN

CHARACTERISATION OF THE ADENOSINE BINDING SITE

RELATIONSHIP OF S-ADENOSYL HOMOCYSTEINASE TO CYCLIC AMP FORMATION

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 16 Photoaffinity labeling of benzodiazepine-receptors: possible mechanism of reaction

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Chapter 17 Searching for endogenous ligand(s) of central benzodiazepine receptors

INTRODUCTION

METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CRITIQUE ENDOGENOUS LIGAND(S) OF BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTORS?

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ADDENDUM

THE PRESENT STATUS OF DBI ('DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR')

PUTATIVE ENDOGENOUS LIGANDS IN THE 'LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT' SERIES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 18 Neurochemical and neuropharmacological aspects of histamine receptors

BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES

RECEPTOR-BINDING STUDIES

REGULATION OF HISTAMINE Hl RECEPTORS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CRITIQUE NEUROCHEMICAL AND NEUROPHARMACOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HISTAMINE RECEPTORS

REFERENCES

ADDENDUM

CONCLUSIONS

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Chapter 19 Neurotransmitter-controlled steroid hormone receptors in the central nervous system

CONTROL BY SYMPATHETIC NERVES OF RECEPTORS, METABOLISM AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF STEROIDS IN THE PINEAL GLAND

NEUROTRANSMITTER-MEDIATED CONTROL OF STEROID RECEPTORS AND ACTIONINTHECNSAND aTHE ADENOHYPOPHYSIS

CONCLUDING REMARKS

REFERENCES

ADDENDUM

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Chapter 20 The transduction of environmental lighting cues into biochemical rhythms via mammalian pineal gland

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 21 Biopterin cofactor and monoamine-synthesizing monooxygenases

BIOSYNTHESIS OF MONOAMINES AND THE TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN COFACTOR

STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF TETRAHYDROPTERINS AS THE COFACTOR OF PTERIN-REQUIRING MONOOXYGENASES

REGULATION OF PTERIN-REQUIRING MONOOXYGENASES BY PHOSPHORYLATION IN RELATION TO THE PTERIN COFACTOR

REGULATION OF PTERIN-REQUIRING MONOOXYGENASES BY THE BIOPTERIN COFACTOR

REGULATION OF THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE BIOPTERINCOFA CTORBYMONOAMINES

REFERENCES

CONCLUSIONS

ADDENDUM

BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE BIOPTERIN COFACTOR

REGULATION OF THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE BIOPTERIN COFACTOR BY MONOAMINES

CONCLUSION

CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE BIOPTERIN COFACTOR

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Chapter 22 Regulation and function of pyridoxal phosphate in CNS

METABOLISM OF PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE IN BRAIN

DISTRIBUTION OF PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE IN BRAIN

REGULATION OF THESYNTHESIS OF PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE IN BRAIN

MODULATION OF SYNTHESIS OF BIOGENIC AMINES BY PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE

MODULATION OF SYNTHESIS OF PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE BY BIOGENIC AMINES

LEVODOPA, PYRIDOXINE AND TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES

PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE AND HORMONES

PYRIDOXINE-RELATED SEIZURES

GABA, PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE AND SEIZURES

PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE AND GABA RECEPTORS

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Chapter 22a. CRITIQUE REGULATION AND FUNCTION OF PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE IN CNS

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ADDENDUM

THE METABOLISM AND DISTRIBUTION OF PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE

PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE AND RECEPTORS

THE REQUIREMENT OF PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE BY MULTIPLE FORMS OF GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE

BINDING SITES FOR PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE AND ATP ON GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE

THE INTERACTION AMONG ATP, PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE, AND GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE

THE INTERACTION AMONG ZINC, ZINC-BINDING PROTEIN, PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE, GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE, AND GABA RECEPTOR SITES

PYRIDOXINE-DEPENDENT SEIZURES

THE INDUCEMENT OF CONVULSIVE SEIZURES BY VITAMIN B6 EXCESS

PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS

PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE IN SEIZURE-PRONE ANIMALS

PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE IN THE ZINC-INDUCED INHIBITION OF HIPPOCAMPAL GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE

PYRIDOXINE IN PATIENTS WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

SENSORY NEUROPATHY FROM MEGADOSES OF PYRIDOXINE

SPECULATION

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Chapter 23 Neurotransmitter function in thiamine-deficiency encephalopathy

CATECHOLAMINES

SEROTONIN

AMINOBUTYRIC ACID

GLUTAMATE AND ASPARTATE

ACETYLCHOLINE

SELECTIVE VULNERABILITY OF THE CNS IN THIAMINE DEFICIENCY

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

CRITIQUE NEUROTRANSMITTER FUNCTION IN THIAMINE- DEFICIENCY ENCEPHALOPATHY

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ADDENDUM

GABA

ACETYLCHOLINE

THIAMINE-DEPENDENT ENZYMES AND SELECTIVE VULNERABILITY

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Chapter 24. B vitamins in the nervous system

METABOLIC FUNCTIONS OF THE B VITAMINS

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER TRANSPORT OF VITAMINS

VITAMIN DEFICIENCY AND PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS

THIAMIN (VITAMINB1)

RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2)

NIACIN

VITAMIN B6

FOLIC ACID AND VITAMIN BI2

FOOTNOTE

REFERENCES

CRITIQUE B VITAMINS IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

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Chapter 25 Glycoproteins associated with myelin in the central nervous system

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION

PURIFICATION AND IMMUNOGENICS

LOCALIZATION

DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES

PATHOLOGY

METABOLISM

FUNCTION

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ADDENDUM

LOCALIZATION

DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES

PATHOLOGY

FUNCTION

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Chapter 26 Gangliosides in the nervous system

CLASSIFICATION OF GANGLIOSIDES FOUND IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

ADVANCES IN ISOLATION AND ANALYTICAL METHODS

IMPROVED METHODOLOGY FOR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF GANGLIOSIDES

DISTRIBUTION OF GANGLIOSIDES IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

BIOSYNTHESIS OF GANGLIOSIDES

DEGRADATION AND TURNOVER OF GANGLIOSIDES

GANGLIOSIDE COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES WITH DEVELOPMENT AND AGING, AND CELL DIFFERENTIATION

ALTERATIONS IN MEMBRANE GANGLIOSIDES DUE TO TRANSFORMATION

POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF GANGLIOSIDES

REFERENCES

CRITIQUE GANGLIOSIDES IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

REFERENCES

CRITIQUE FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATION OF GANGLIOSIDES IN SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION

MAY GANGLIOSIDES ACT AS MODULATOR SUBSTANCES FOR SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION?

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 27 Tubulin in the nervous system

PROLOGUE

MICROTUBULE MORPHOLOGY

MICROTUBULE COMPOSITION

DISTRIBUTION SPECIFICITY

SUBCELLULAR DISTRIBUTION

DEVELOPMENTAL SPECIFICITY

THE GENETIC CONTROL OF TUBULIN EXPRESSION

FACILITATION OF ASSEMBLY

INHIBITION OF ASSEMBLY

MICROTUBULE FUNCTION IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: AXONAL GROWTH AND AXOPLASMIC TRANSPORT

EPILOGUE

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CRITIQUE TUBULIN IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

CONCLUSION

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CRITIQUE TUBULIN IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

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ADDENDUM

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Chapter 28. Calmodulin-binding proteins in brain

1. A HEAT-LABILE PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR PROTEIN: CALCINEURIN

2.A HEAT-STABLE 70K CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEIN

3.A 50 K CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEIN

4. MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN AS A CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEIN

5. ASSOCIATION OF CALMODULIN WITH COATED VESICLES

6. CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS OF BRAIN MICROTUBULES

7. A SPECTRIN-LIKE CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEIN

8.A 155 K PARTICLE-ASSOCIATED CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEIN

9.PARTICLE-BOUND AND EGTA-NONEXTRACTABLE FORM OF CALMODULIN

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