Part of Springer s landmark series on neurochemistry, this volume of the Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology focuses on molecular events involved in synapse formulation, synaptic plasticity, and ongoing neural activity. It explores axonal growth cones, synapse development, mechanisms of LTP and LTD, and calcium dynamics. Particular attention is given to the function and trafficking of membrane proteins including various ion channels, aquaporines, and gap junctions. Complete with an e-reference containing crosslinking to other references, this book is ideal for basic neuroscientists and molecular biologists.

Part of a landmark series on neurochemistry, this volume focuses on molecular events involved in synapse formulation, synaptic plasticity and ongoing neural activity. Special attention is paid to function and trafficking of membrane proteins.

Part of Springer's landmark series on neurochemistry, this volume of the Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology focuses on molecular events involved in synapse formulation, synaptic plasticity, and ongoing neural activity. It explores axonal growth cones, synapse development, mechanisms of LTP and LTD, and calcium dynamics. Particular attention is given to the function and trafficking of membrane proteins including various ion channels, aquaporines, and gap junctions. Complete with an e-reference containing crosslinking to other references, this book is ideal for basic neuroscientists and molecular biologists.

Molecular events occurring during neural activity.- Molecular events occuring during synaptic plasticity.- molecular mechanism of growth come formation.- molecular mechanism of LTP in hippocampus.- Molecular mechanism of LTD in cerebellum.- Development of synapse.- Ion channels, neural function and disease.- Aquaporine.- NMDA receptor.- C1-channel.- gap junction.- AMPA receptor.- nACH receptor.- K channel.- muscarinic receptor.- glycine receptor.- GABA receptor.- Glutamate receptor.- Ca channel.- Catecholamine receptor.- Indolamine.- Phosphorylation.- Protein kinase C.- BARK.- CaMK II.- cdk5.- P13 kinase.- Postsynaptic signaling.- Presynaptic signaling.- Dynamism of ion channels and receptors: targeting, trafficking, degradation.- Structural basis of ion channel gating and pore opening.- Calcium signaling.- calineurin.- IP3 receptor.- calreticulin.- Ryandine receptor.- Calcium channel.- Ca pump.- Signaling molecules.- PLC.- PLD.- MgluR.- inositolpolyphosphates including PIP2.- lipid messengers.- A skeletal protein as a signal interacting protein.- actin filament.- microtubes.- homer.- S100 protein RAGE signaling in the central nervous system.- connexin mediated neuronal communication.- calcium regulation by EF-hand proteins in the brain.