From Messengers to Molecules

- Preface
- Abbreviations

Section 1. Ions and Ion Channels-Calcium-Potassium

Section 2. Principle Neurotransmitters- Glutamate Receptors
- -Amino-Butyric Acid (GABA)
- Acetylcholine: I. Muscarinic Receptors
- Acetylcholine: II. Nicotinic Receptors
- Serotonin
- Dopamine
- Adrenaline and Noradrenaline
- Histamine
- Adenosine and Purines

Section 3. Neuromodulators- Cannabinoids
- Opioids
- Neuropeptides
- Nerve Growth Factors and Neurotrophins
- Eph Receptors and Their Ephrin Ligands in Neural Plasticity
- Corticosteroids

Section 4. Second Messengers and Enzymes
- Adenylyl Cyclases
- Phospholipases and Oxidases
- Protein Kinase A
- Protein Kinase C
- CaMKinase II
- MAP Kinases
- Phosphatases
- Nitric Oxide

Section 5. Transcription Factors, Genes and Proteins
- CREB
- Immediate-Early Genes
- Protein Synthesis: I. Pharmacology
- Protein Synthesis: II. New Proteins

Section 6. Morphological Changes in Synapses and Neurones
- Learning-Induced Synaptogenesis and Structural Synaptic Remodeling
- Cell Adhesion Molecules

Section 7. Learning about Memory by Studying Brain Dysfunction
- Animal and Human Amnesia: The Cholinergic Hypothesis Revisited
- Aging and the Calcium Homeostasis

- Index