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Fast and slow chemical signalling in the nervous system / edited by L.L. Iversen and E.C. Goodman.
LIBRA QP364.5 .F37 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford medical publications
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neural transmission.
- Neurotransmitters.
- Neuropeptides.
- Amino acids.
- Neuropharmacology.
- Brain Chemistry.
- Synaptic Transmission.
- Neurons.
- Neurotransmitter Agents.
- Medical Subjects:
- Brain Chemistry.
- Synaptic Transmission.
- Neurons.
- Neurotransmitter Agents.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
- Summary:
- This volume describes the modulatory actions of neuropeptides and amines, comparing their role with new knowledge about L-glutamic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid, the principal fast chemical neurotransmitters in mammalian brains. The discussions include changes in the ways chemical signalling is viewed following the discovery that multiple chemical signals may be secreted by single nerve cells. The impact of molecular genetics is also reviewed, including the discovery of increasing numbers of peptide signals. As an overview of the most recent advances in the field, this volume will interest students and researchers in the neurosciences and allied clinical fields.
- Notes:
- "Proceedings of a symposium held in May 1985 to celebrate the inauguration of the Neuroscience Research Centre established by Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories in Harlow, England"--Introd.
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198572166 :
- OCLC:
- 13159048
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