Author(s): L. A. Greene, J. M. Aletta, D. E. Burstein, S. A. Drexler (auth.), Professor Dr. Bernd Hamprecht, Professor Dr. Volker Neuhoff (eds.)
Series: Colloquium der Gesellschaft fur Biologische Chemie 18.–20. April 1985 in Mosbach/Baden 36
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1985
Language: English
Pages: 213
Tags: Neurosciences; Cell Biology; Biochemistry, general
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Gene Regulation by Nerve Growth Factor....Pages 1-6
Implications of Proteases and Protease Inhibitors in Neurite Outgrowth....Pages 7-12
Studies on the Cholinergic Differentiation Factor for Cultured Sympathetic Neurons....Pages 13-17
Biological Properties of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)....Pages 18-21
Multiple Molecular Forms of Acetylcholinesterase and Their Possible Role in the Degradation of Neurohormones....Pages 22-32
Synthesis of Neurohypophyseal Hormones....Pages 33-42
Degradation and Biological Inactivation of Neuropeptides....Pages 43-54
Structure and Function of Cholinergic Synaptic Vesicles....Pages 55-65
Catecholamine-Storing Vesicles: From Biosynthesis to Exo/Endocytosis....Pages 66-75
Activation and Deactivation of the Cyclic Nucleotide Enzyme Cascade in Visual Rod Cells....Pages 76-87
The Molecular Biology of Muscle and Brain Acetylcholine Receptors....Pages 88-102
Laser-Flash Photoaffinity Labeling of Acetylcholine Receptors with Millisecond Time Resolution....Pages 103-112
The Glycine Receptor....Pages 113-119
The GABA Receptor/Benzodiazepine Complex in the Central Nervous System....Pages 120-133
Myasthenia Gravis: State of the Art and Approaches to Immunotherapy....Pages 134-148
Biochemistry of Gangliosidoses....Pages 149-163
The Apamin-Sensitive Ca 2+ -Dependent K + Channel. Molecular Properties, Differentiation, and Endogeneous Ligands in Mammalian Brain....Pages 164-171
The Voltage-Sensitive Sodium Channel from Mammalian Skeletal Muscle....Pages 172-182
Biochemistry and Physiology of Cardiac Calcium Channels....Pages 183-192
Phosphorylation of Ion Channels: A Fundamental Regulatory Mechanism in the Control of Nerve Cell Activity....Pages 193-201
Back Matter....Pages 203-213
