Changing views of Cajal's neuron / edited by Efrain C. Azmitia ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Azmitia, Efrain C.

Cajal Club.

Instituto Cajal.

Conference Name:

Changing Views of Cajal's Neuron (2001 : Madrid, Spain)

Series:

Progress in brain research ; v. 136.

Progress in brain research ; v. 136

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, 1852-1934.

Ramón y Cajal, Santiago.

Neurons.

Medical Subjects:

Neurons.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xx, 506 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2002.

Summary:

Santiago Cajal has been called the "Father of Neuroscience" for his research findings, interpretations, and drawings of the neuron and its connections in the brain. His work has provided a valuable framework for many contemporary studies on the brain and behavior. Through his vision, a unified cellular, organismic and evolutionary perception of the structure and function of the neuron has been realized in modern neuroscience.

Contents:

Section I. Neuronal changes during development and evolution

1. Neuronal changes during development and evolution (an overview) / F. Valverde 3

2. The chemotactic hypothesis of Cajal: a century behind / C. Sotelo 11

3. Neuronal changes during forebrain evolution in amniotes: an evolutionary development perspective / Z. Molnar, A.B. Butler 21

4. Life-long stability of neurons: a century of research on neurogenesis, neuronal death and neuron quantification in adult CNS / K. Turlejski, R. Djavadian 39

5. Interkinetic nuclear movement in the vertebrate neuroepithelium: encounters with an old acquaintance / J.M. Frade 67

6. The origin and migration of cortical neurons / J.G. Parnavelas, P. Alifragis, B. Nadarajah 73

Section II. Inside the neuron: cytoskeleton, dendrites, and synapses

7. Inside the neuron: cytoskeleton, dendrites, and synapses (an overview) / E. Mugnaini 83

8. Cajal's hypotheses on neurobiones and neurotropic factor match properties of microtubules and S-100[beta] / E.C. Azmitia 87

9. Changing views of Cajal's neuron: the case of the dendritic spine / M. Segal 101

10. Spine distribution in cortical pyramidal cells: a common organizational principle across species / G.N. Elston, J. DeFelipe 109

11. Modification of dendritic development / A. Feria-Velasco, A.R. del Angel, I. Gonzalez-Burgos 135

12. Electron microscopic immunolabeling of transporters and receptors identifies transmitter-specific functional sites envisioned in Cajal's neuron / V.M. Pickel, M. Garzon, E. Mengual 145

13. Synaptic and extrasynaptic GABA[subscript A] receptor and gephyrin clusters / S.B. Christie, R.-W. Li, C.P. Miralles, R. Riquelme, B.Y. Yang, E. Charych, W. Yu, S.B. Daniels, M.E. Cantino, A.L. De Blas 157

Section III. Character and function of specific neurons

14. Character and function of specific neurons: a Cajalian perspective / P. Pasik, T. Pasik 183

15. Neoreticularism and neuronal polarization / M.V.L. Bennett 189

16. Changes in the views of neuronal connectivity and communication after Cajal: examples from the hippocampus / T.F. Freund 203

17. Cortical interneurons: from Cajal to 2001 / J. DeFelipe 215

18. Retinal neurons: cell types and coupled networks / D.I. Vaney 239

19. Cajal and glial cells / L.M. Garcia-Segura 255

Section IV. Mechanisms of neuronal birth, growth and death

20. Mechanisms of neuronal birth, growth and death (an overview) / P. Whitaker-Azmitia 263

21. Evolving concepts of cortical radial and areal specification / P. Rakic 265

22. The surface of the developing cerebral cortex: still special cells one century later / A. Fairen, J. Morante-Oria, C. Frassoni 281

23. Vulnerability of monoaminergic neurons in the brainstem of the zitter rat in oxidative stress / S. Ueda, S. Sakakibara, E. Watanabe, K. Yoshimoto, N. Koibuchi 293

24. CNS Schwann-like glia and functional restoration of damaged spinal cord / M. Nieto-Sampedro 303

25. Neuroplasticity in the damaged dentate gyrus of the epileptic brain / C.E. Ribak, K. Dashtipour 319

Section V. Complex connections and organization

26. Complex connections and organization (an overview) / R.M. Murillo 329

27. Thalamic organization and function after Cajal / E.G. Jones 333

28. The modular organization of brain systems. Basal forebrain: the last frontier / L. Zaborszky 359

29. Anatomical origins of the classical receptive field and modulatory surround field of single neurons in macaque visual cortical area V1 / A. Angelucci, J.B. Levitt, J.S. Lund 373

30. Static and dynamic views of visual cortical organization / V.A. Casagrande, X. Xu, G. Sary 389

31. Central control of information transmission through the intraspinal arborizations of sensory fibers examined 100 years after Ramon y Cajal / P. Rudomin 409

Section VI. Functional circuits, mental diseases and brain aging

32. Functional circuits, mental diseases and brain aging (an overview) / L. Angelucci 425

33. The "psychic cell" of Ramon y Cajal / P.S. Goldman-Rakic 427

34. Cajal's prophetic functional considerations on respiratory reflexes: new questions about old answers / S.W. Schwarzacher 435

35. Serotonin brain circuits involved in major depression and suicide / V. Arango, M.D. Underwood, J.J. Mann 443

36. Structural changes in the normally aging cerebral cortex of primates / A. Peters 455

37. Selective vulnerability of corticocortical and hippocampal circuits in aging and Alzheimer's disease / J.H. Morrison, P.R. Hof 467.

Notes:

Contains chapters contributed by the participants of the first joint Cajal Club and Cajal Institute International Meeting on "Changing views of Cajal's neuron" held in Madrid, Spain, between May 25-27, 2001"--P. viii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0444508155

OCLC:

49239760