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This hundredth volume is a commemorative milestone in the prestigious Progress in Brain Research series. Accordingly, authors were invited to write on any topic, given that their choice represented the topic most near and dear to their own efforts over a significant period of the recent past, and to which they would likely continue to be devoted in the future. In that sense, this volume does not represent a scientific meeting, but rather an overview sample of problems and methodologies that epitomize brain research broadly at this special moment in the maturation of the field. The chapters comprising this volume assort themselves readily into five or six established categories of topics: developmental brain research, molecular brain research, integrative brain research, neuroplasticity, and neuro-psychiatric conditions. This volume reports through a sample of recognized leaders in the neuroscientific community at a significant instant in the history and evolution of the field.
Front Cover; Neuroscience: From the Molecular to the Cognitive; Copyright Page; List of Contributors; Preface; Then and Now; Contents; Section I: Developmental Brain Research; Chapter 1. Cell migrations and establishment of neuronal connections in the developing brain: a study using the quail-chick chimera system; Chapter 2. Development of sympathetic neurons: neurotransmitter plasticity and differentiation factors; Chapter 3. Lessons from genetic knockout mice deficient in neural recognition molecules; Section II: Molecular Brain Research
Chapter 4. Quantitative analysis of neuronal gene expressionChapter 5. Molecular pharmacology of NMDA receptors: modulatory role of NR2 subunits; Chapter 6. Glutamate receptors and the induction of excitotoxic neuronal death; Chapter 7. Sodium/potassium-coupled glutamate transporters, a "new" family of eukaryotic proteins: do they have "new" physiological roles and could they be new targets for pharmacological intervention?; Chapter 8. GABAc receptors; Chapter 9. The central cholinergic system during aging; Chapter 10. Co-existence of chemical messengers in neurons
Chapter 11. Cloning of kappa opioid receptors: functional significance and future directionsChapter 12. Vasoactive intestinal peptide and noradrenaline regulate energy metabolism in astrocytes: a physiological function in the control of local homeostasis within the CNS; Section III: Integrative Brain Research; Chapter 13. Segmental and descending control of the synaptic effectiveness of muscle afferents; Chapter 14. Noradrenergic control of cerebello-vestibular functions: modulation, adaptation, compensation
Chapter 15. Chemical transmission in the brain: homeostatic regulation and its functional implicationsChapter 16. Conservation of basic synaptic circuits that mediate GABA inhibition in the subcortical visual system; Chapter 17. Hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory neurons: intrinsic membrane properties and synaptic connections; Chapter 18. Molecular principles from neuroendocrine models: steroid control of central neurotransmission; Chapter 19. Resolving a mystery: progress in understanding the function of adrenal steroid receptors in hippocampus; Chapter 20. Neural-immune interactions
Chapter 21. Human cortical functions revealed by magnetoencephalographyChapter 22. The prefrontal system: a smorgasbord; Section IV: Neuroplasticity; Chapter 23. A comparison of the mechanistic relationships between development and learning in Aplysia; Chapter 24. Synapse-activated protein synthesis as a possible mechanism of plastic neural change; Chapter 25. Plasticity of adult central fibre tracts; Chapter 26. Brain damage and recovery; Chapter 27. Trophic factor therapy in the adult CNS: remodelling of injured basalo-cortical neurons
Includes bibliographical references and index.