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Author Karczmar, A. G. (Alexander George), 1918-

Title Exploring the vertebrate central cholinergic nervous system / Alexander G. Karczmar ; with contributions by Neelima Chauhan [and others] ; with a foreword by Victor P. Whittaker
Published New York : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 686 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), portraits
Contents Introduction:History and Scope of This Book -- Cholinergic Cells and Pathways -- Metabolism of Acetylcholine: Synthesis and Turnover -- History of Research on Nicotinic and Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptors -- Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Central Nervous System: Structure, Function, and Pharmacology -- Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors: History, Structure, and Functional Roles -- Anticholinesterases and War Gases -- Cholinergic Aspects of Growth and Development -- Central Cholinergic Nervous System and Its Correlates -- Links Between Amyloid and Tau Biology in Alzheimer's Disease and Their Cholinergic Aspects -- Envoi
Summary This book is important for those interested in cholinergic synaptic transmission, the central and peripheral cholinergic nervous systems, neuropharmacology, cholinergic brain function, human and animal behaviors including learning, aggression and self-awareness, anticholinesterases and war gases, and the associated neurological diseases and aging
Analysis gewervelde dieren
vertebrates
zenuwstelsel
nervous system
neurofarmacologie
neuropharmacology
Animal Physiology and Biochemistry
Dierfysiologie en -biochemie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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In Springer e-books
Subject Neural transmission.
Cholinergic mechanisms.
Cholinesterases.
Acetylcholine -- Receptors.
Central nervous system.
Acetylcholine.
Vertebrates.
Synaptic Transmission -- physiology
Acetylcholine
Central Nervous System -- physiology
Cholinergic Agents
Cholinergic Fibers
Receptors, Cholinergic
Vertebrates
Synaptic Transmission
Butyrylcholinesterase
Central Nervous System
Vertebrata (subphylum)
MEDICAL -- Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
Cholinergic mechanisms.
Cholinesterases.
Acetylcholine -- Receptors.
Central Nervous System.
Synaptic Transmission -- physiology.
Acetylcholine.
Central Nervous System -- physiology.
Cholinergic Agents.
Cholinergic Fibers.
Receptors, Cholinergic.
Vertebrates.
Neural transmission.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Vertebrates
Acetylcholine
Acetylcholine -- Receptors
Central nervous system
Cholinergic mechanisms
Cholinesterases
Neural transmission
Form Electronic book
Author Chauhan, Neelima
LC no. 2005930801
ISBN 9780387465265
038746526X
0387282238
9780387282237
1280816147
9781280816147
9786610816149
661081614X