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The synapse : function, plasticity, and neurotrophism /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuno, Motoy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Series:Oxford science publications.
Subjects:
Synapses > physiology.
Neuronal Plasticity > physiology.
Neurotransmitter Agents > physiology.
Nerve Regeneration.
Nerve Growth Factors.
Neurophysiology > trends.
Table of Contents:
  • Synapse
  • Historical perspective of the synapse
  • Role of calcium in transmitter release
  • How transmitter release is triggered
  • Ionotropic receptors mediate fast synaptic responses
  • Metabotropic receptors mediate slow synaptic responses
  • Plasticity
  • Historical perspective of neuronal plasticity
  • Functional plasticity at synapses
  • Molecular cascades in learning
  • Morphological plasticity at synapses
  • Neurotrophism
  • Historical perspective of neurotrophism
  • Neurotrophic factors responsible for neuronal survival.
  • Neurotrophic regulation at developing synapses
  • Target-dependence of the neuronal state.