http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xiii, 767 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
A brief history of synapses and synaptic transmission / W. Maxwell Cowan and Eric R. Kandel -- The structure of synapses / Pietro de Camilli ... [et al.] -- Physiology of synaptic transmission and short-term plasticity / Wade G. Regehr and Charles F. Stevens -- Mechanism and regulation of neurotransmitter release / Thomas C. Südhof and Richard H. Scheller -- Synaptic vesicle endocytosis / Pietro De Camilli ... [et al.] -- The synaptic cleft and synaptic cell adhesion / Thomas C. Südhof -- The postsynaptic specialization / Morgan H.-T. Sheng -- Signal transduction in the postsynaptic neuron: activity-dependent regulation of gene expression / Michael E. Greenberg and Edward B. Ziff -- Synaptic plasticity: diverse targets and mechanisms for regulating synaptic efficacy / Robert C. Malenka and Steven A. Siegelbaum -- The mechanisms and meanings of long-term synaptic depression in the mammalian brain / Mark F. Bear and David J. Linden -- Synaptic plasticity and memory / Paul D. Grimwood, Stephen J. Martin, and Richard G.M. Morris -- Synapse formation and maturation / Ann Marie Craig and Jeff W. Lichtman -- Neurotrophins and refinement of visual circuitry / Edward S. Lein and Carla J. Shatz -- Novel neurotransmitters and their neuropsychiatric relevance / Solomon H. Snyder and Christopher D. Ferris -- Synaptic variability: new insights from reconstructions and Monte Carlo simulations with MCell / Joel R. Stiles ... [et al.].
edited by W. Maxwell Cowan, Thomas C. Südhof, Charles F. Stevens ; with the assistance of Kevin Davies.
"From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute"--P. facing title page.
Includes bibliographical references and index.