Structure and function of the neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM /
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| Series: | Advances in experimental medicine and biology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Structure and ligands of NCAM. Structural biology of NCAM / Vladislav Soroka, Christina Kasper, Flemming M. Poulsen
- Extracellular protein interactions mediated by the neural cell adhesion molecule, NCAM : heterophilic interactions between NCAM and cell adhesion molecules, extracellular matrix proteins, and viruses / Janne Nielsen, Nikolaj Kulahin, Peter S. Walmod
- Intracelluar (i.e., Intracellular) ligands of NCAM / Bettina Büttner, Rüdiger Horstkorte
- Role of ATP in the regulation of NCAM function / Martin V. Hübschmann, Galina Skladchikova
- Part II. NCAM and plysialic acid. Polysialylation of NCAM / Herbert Hildebrandt, Martina Mühlenhoff, Rita Gerardy-Schahn
- Structural basis for the polysialylation of the neural cell adhesion molecule / Karen J. Colley
- Role of PSA-NCAM in adult neurogenesis / Eduardo Gascon, Laszlo Vutskits, Jozsef Zoltan Kiss
- Use of PSA-NCAM in repair of the central nervous system / Abderrahman El Maarouf, Urs Rutishauser
- Part III. NCAM-mediated signal transduction. Signaling pathways involved in NCAM-induced neurite outgrowth / Dorte Kornerup Ditlevsen, Kateryna Kolkova
- Role of the growth-associated protein GAP-43 in NCAM mediated neurite outgrowth / Irina Korshunova, Mark Mosevitsky
- Neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM and lipid rafts / Gro Klitgaard Povlsen, Dorte Kornerup Ditlevsen
- The neural cell adhesion molecule and epidermal growth factor receptor : signaling crosstalk / Gro Klitgaard Polvsen
- Part IV. NCAM metabolism
- Biosynthesis of NCAM / Kateryna Kolkova.
- Soluble NCAM / Thomas Secher
- Part V. NCAM, synapses, emotions, and memory. Role of NCAM in spine dynamics and synaptogenesis / D. Muller, P. Mendez, M. DeRoo, P. Klauser, S. Steen, and L. Poglia
- NCAM in long-term potentiation and learning / Barbara P. Hartz, Lars Christian B. Rønn
- Role of NCAM in emotion and learning / Lisa Conboy, Reto Bisaz, Kamila Markram, Carmen Sandi
- Part VI. NCAM in disease. NCAM in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders / Leann H. Brennaman, Patricia F. Maness
- Neural cell adhesion molecule in cancer : expression and mechanisms / Silvia Zecchini, Ugo Cavallaro
- Part VII. Pharmacology of NCAM : NCAM mimetics. NCAM mimetic peptides : an update / Vladimir Berezin, Elisabeth Bock
- Synthetic NCAM-derived ligands of the fibroblast growth factor receptor / Stine Maria Hansen, Shizhong Li, Elisabeth Bock, Vladimir Berezin
- Dendritic spine and synapse morphological alterations induced by neural cell adhesion molecule mimetic / Michael Stewart, Victor Popov, Nikolai Medvedev, Paul Gabbott, Nicola Corbett, Igor Kraev, Heather Davies
- Part VIII. Orthologs and paralogs of NCAM. Fasciclin II : the NCAM ortholog in Drosophila melanogaster / Lars V. Kristiansen, Michael Hortsch
- The neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM2/OCAM/RNCAM, a close relative to NCAM / Nikolaj Kulahin, Peter S. Walmod
- Part IX. Conclusion. Honoring Dr. Elisabeth Bock / Vladimir Berezin.