GABA in the nervous system : the view at fifty years /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Martin, David L., M.D, Olsen, Richard W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2000]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Adventures with GABA : fifty years on
  • Mechanisms controlling GABA synthesis and degradation in the brain
  • Cytoplasmic membrane transporters for GABA
  • Uptake and storage of GABA in synaptic vesicles
  • GABA chemistry : analogs of GABA as therapeutic and investigational agents
  • Function of GABAa receptors : insights from mutant and knockout mice
  • The benzodiazepine site of GABAa receptors
  • Pharmacologic subtypes of GABAa receptors based on subunit composition
  • Functional domains of GABA receptors
  • Kinetic properties of GABAa receptor channels
  • Alcohol and general anesthetic actions on the GABAa receptor
  • Regulation of GABAa receptors by protein phosphorylation
  • Neurosteroids and GABAa receptor plasticity
  • GABAa receptors : structure and function
  • GABA emerges as a developmental signal during neurogenesis of the rat central nervous system
  • GABA in the basal ganglia
  • Epilepsy
  • GABAergic interneuronal networks in the hippocampus
  • GABA neurons of the hippocampal formation : localization, vulnerability, and plasticity
  • GABA neurons in the neocortex
  • GABAa receptor diversity : a view from the cerebellum
  • GABAergic inhibition in the cerebellar system
  • Neuromodulation of GABA in developing and mature hypothalamic neurons
  • GABA in the mammalian spinal cord
  • GABA in the retina
  • The role of glutamic acid decarboxylase and GABA in the pancreas and diabetes