Molecular Aspects of Neurobiology

Interrelationships of Cellular Mechanisms for Different Forms of Learning and Memory.- Serotonin Modulates the Action Potential in Growth Cone Precursors of Sensory Neuron Terminals in Aplysia.- Serotonin and cAMP Mediate Plastic Changes in Swimming Activity of Hirudo m..- NGF Modulates the Synthesis of a Nuclear Lactic Dehydrogenase with Single-stranded DNA-Binding Properties.- Molecular Cloning of a Gene Sequence Induced by NGF in PC12 Cells.- Thymocytes as Potential Target Cells for Nerve Growth Factor.- Expression of the v-src Oncogene Induces Differentiation in PC12 Cells.- Serum Influences ?-NGF Gene Expression in Mouse L Cells.- Isolation of Glia Maturation Factor with HPLC and Verification with a Monoclonal Antibody.- Nicotinic Receptors from Different Peripheral Organs and from Brain are Highly Homologous, Complex Proteins.- Structure and Function of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor and of the Voltage-dependent Na+-Channel.- Molecular Cloning of Receptors for Acetylcholine.- The Molecular Biology of Acetylcholine Receptors from the Vertebrate Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems.- Regulation of Synapse-specific Genes.- Asymmetrical Distribution of Membrane-bound Cytoskeleton Proteins at the Innervated and Non-innervated Membrane Domains in Torpedo Electrocytes.- In Search of the Binding Site of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor.- Identification of Acetylcholine Receptors from the Central Nervous System of Insects.- The GABA/Benzodiazepine Receptor Complex: Function, Structure and Location.- TBPS Binding to the GABA/Benzodiazepine Receptor Complex in Cultured Cerebellar Granule Cells.- Distribution and Transmembrane Organization of Glycine Receptors at Central Synapses: an Immunocytochemical Touch.- Modulation of a Potassium Channel in Aplysia SensoryNeurons: Role of Protein Phosphorylation.- Voltage-gated Sodium Potassium and Chloride Channels in Rat Cultured Astrocytes.- Molecular Weights of Subunits of the Na+ Channel and a Ca2+-activated K+

Eric Kandel, geboren 1929 in Wien, ist einer der bedeutendsten Neurowissenschaftler des 20. Jahrhunderts. 1939 emigrierte er mit seiner jüdischen Familie in die USA. Kandel studierte Geschichte und Literatur an der Harvard University und danach Medizin an der New York University. Seit 1974 ist er Professor an der Columbia University in New York. Für seine Forschung erhielt Eric Kandel im Jahr 2000 den Nobelpreis für Medizin. Unter dem Titel "Auf der Suche nach dem Gedächtnis. Die Entstehung einer neuen Wissenschaft des Geistes" erschien Kandels Lebens- und Forschungsgeschichte, die zwei Jahre später unter dem gleichen Titel auch verfilmt wurde.