The NMDA receptor / edited by G.L. Collingridge and J.C. Watkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Collingridge, G. L., editor.

Watkins, J. C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methyl aspartate--Receptors.

Methyl aspartate.

Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate.

Medical Subjects:

Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 503 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Summary:

The NMDA receptor is important for controlling memory function & synaptic plasicity. This volume contains important research findings.

Contents:

NMDA receptor concept : origins and development / J.C. Watkins

Agonists and competitive antagonists : structure-activity and molecular modelling studies / D.E. Jane, H.J. Olverman, and J.C. Watkins

Non-competitive antagonists of N-methyl-D-aspartate / David Lodge, Martyn Jones, and Elizabeth Fletcher

NMDA receptor agonists and competitive antagonists / Mark L. Mayer, Morris Benveniste, and Doris K. Patneau

Molecular biology of NMDA receptors / P.H. Seeburg [and others]

Anatomical, pharmacological, and molecular diversity of native NMDA receptor subtypes / Daniel T. Monaghan and Amy L. Buller

NMDA receptor, its channel, and its modulation by glycine / P. Ascher and J.W. Johnson

Time course of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic currents / Robin A.J. Lester [and others]

Activation of NMDA receptors / A.J. Gibb [and others]

NMDA receptors and their interactions with other excitatory amino acid receptors in synaptic transmission in the mammalian central nervous system / T.E. Salt

Importance of NMDA receptors in the processing of spinal primary afferent input / R. H, Evans

Role of NMDA receptors in synaptic integration and the organization of motor patterns / Simon Alford and Lennart Brodin

NMDA receptors and long-term potentiation in the hippocampus / Zafar I. Bashir [and others]

NMDA receptors and developmental plasticity in visual neocortex / Alain Artola and Wolf Singer

Role of NMDA receptors in learning and memory / R.G.M. Morris and M. Davis

Clinical implications of NMDA receptors / Paul L. Herrling

NMDA receptor in epilepsy / Suzanne Clark [and others]

NMDA receptors, neuronal development, and neuro degeneration / John Garthwaite

Competitive NMDA antagonists as drugs / B.S. Meldrum and A.G. Chapman

Non-competitive NMDA antagonists as drugs / L.L. Iversen and J.A. Kemp.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.