Title | Neural Membranes [electronic resource] / edited by Grace Y. Sun, Nicolas Bazan, Jang-Yen Wu, Guiseppe Porcellati, Albert Y. Sun |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 1983 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5636-6 |
Descript | XII, 584 p. online resource |
I: Membrane Phospholipids -- Phospholipid Metabolism in Neural Membranes -- The Involvement of Lipids in Signal Transmission Across Cell Membranes of the Nervous System -- Involvement of Phospholipid Metabolites in Neural Membrane Functions -- Effects of Catecholamines and Their Metabolites and Other Pharmacological Agents on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism and Prostaglandin Release by Rabbit Iris Muscle and Iris Microsomes -- Free Arachidonic and Docosahexaenoic Acid Accumulation in the Central Nervous System During Stimulation -- The Role of Arachidonic Acid in Cellular Brain Edema -- Metabolism of Docosahexaenoic Acid-Containing Species of Ether Phospholipid in Rat Brain -- The Effect of Dietary Choline on Brain Phospholipid Content -- Solubilization, Purification, and Properties of Membrane-Bound Brain Enzymes Which Biosynthesize Phosphoinositides -- II: Receptors -- Demonstration of GABA-Synthesizing Enzyme, GAD, Benzodiazepine Receptor, and Coated Vesicles in the Vetebrate Nervous System -- Roles of Synaptic Membranous Phospholipids in the Modulation of Cerebral GABA and Benzodiazepine Receptor Bindings -- Characterization and Isolation of Dopamine-Binding Proteins in Rat CNS by Gel Electrophoresis and Affinity Chromatography -- Effects of Ascorbate on Post-Synaptic Serotonin Binding Sites in Rat Brains -- Membrane Properties of Isolated Horizontal Cells in the Teleost Retina -- III: Membrane Structure and Functions -- The Kindling Effect of Ethanol on Neuronal Membranes -- Response of Brain Cell Culture to Ethanol: Morphological and Biochemical Studies -- Structure and Function of Synaptosomal and Mitochondrial Membranes: Elucidation Using Neurotoxic Metals and Neuromodulatory Agents -- Properties of a Brain Membrane Amino-Enkephalinase: Inhibition Studies -- Choline Acetyltransferase: Purification, Characterization, Localization, and Induction of a Fatal Autoimmune Disease -- Non-Enzymatic Galactosylation of Proteins and Galactosemia -- Chemical Studies on the Porcine Myelin Basic Protein -- The Excitation Properties of Nerve Membranes -- IV: Gangliosides -- Gangliosides of the Neuronal Membrane and the Neuritogenic Phenomenon -- Neuronal Development and Regeneration: A Role for Gangliosides -- Heterosis for Myelin Content in Mice: A New Model for Studying Myelination -- Ganglioside-Mediated Internalization of Choleragen -- Biochemical Studies of Tay-Sachs Disease -- Gangliosides in Peripheral Nervous System During Normal Cell-Differentiation and Oncogenesis -- V: Abstracts -- Benzodiazepine-Binding Site and GABA-Binding Site -- Responses of the Single Sympathetic Ganglionic Neurones to Acetylcholine and to Dopamine -- Effect of Convulsive and Anti-Convulsive Agents on Brain Free Fatty Acids and Diacylglycerols -- Lysophospholipase in Brain Synaptosomes -- Butyrate-Induced Reverse Transformation of Clonal Glioma Cells in Vitro -- Butyrate-Induced Expression of Selected Glial Markers by Clonal Glioma (F98) Cells in Vitro -- Arachidonoyl-Labeled Synaptosomes: A Membrane Substrate for Sutdying PI-Specific Phospholipase C -- Differential Effects of Divalent Cations on Nerve and Muscle Membranes -- Changes in Phosphoglycerides and Their Acyl Group Profiles of Glioma Cells Due to Butyrate Treatment -- The Action of Thyroid Hormones on Neural Membranes