Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Communication

Hardbound. This volume represents the state of the art of the understanding of many aspects of neural and humoral communication with focus on molecular mechanisms. The book emphasizes the importance of histochemical techniques such as fluorescence histochemistry, immunocytochemistry and receptor autoradiography together with quantitative neuroanatomy to reach new insight into the functions of the endocrine and the nervous systems. The localization and expression of transmitters and high affinity G protein coupled receptors, especially in relation to monoaminergic and peptidergic transmission, have been analyzed with regard to different modes of neuronal communication, namely wiring transmission and volume transmission within both the autonomic nervous system and the central nervous system. Some of the most advance research on the molecular mechanisms underlying transmitter storage and release and signal transduction at the G protein coupled receptors is p