Molecular Biology of the Neuron 2/e

Description

*Presents authoritative reviews, allowing the reader to understand
diverse and complex aspects of neuronal function

*Highly illustrated to make the molecular information easy to
assimilate

*Written to be comprehensible to the non-specialist, allowing
newcomers to the field of neuroscience to access complex molecular
information in an accessible format


New to this edition

*New chapters include; protein trafficking, the post-synaptic
density, neuronal aging

*Additional new chapters on the genetic technologies of the
drosophilian and mouse sytems as applied to the study of neurons.

*All other chapters extensively updated

*60% of the material in the 2e is new


-Contents-

1 Douglas Armstrong & Stephen Goodwin: Studying neuronal function
using the Drosophila genetic system
2 Harald Jockusch & Thomas Schmitt-John: Using mouse genetics to
study neuronal development and function
3 Uwe Ernsberger: Gene expression: from precursor to mature neuron
4 Christopher Connolly: Protein trafficking in neurons
5 Mauro Pessia: Ion channels and electrical activity
6 Julie Staple & Stefan Catsicas: Molecular biology of
neurotransmitter release
7 Flaminio Cattabeni: Molecular biology of postsynaptic structures
8 Wayne Davies & Thora Glencorse: Signal reception: Ligand-gated ion
channel receptors
9 Jennifer Koenig: Signal reception: G protein-coupled receptors
10 Giles Hardingham: Synapse-to-nucleus calcium signalling
11 Jean-Antoine Girault: Signalling by tyrosine phosphorylation in
the nervous system
12 Renata Zippel, Simona Baldassa & Emmapaola Sturani: Mature
neurons: signal transduction-serine/threonine kinases
13 Javier Diaz-Nido & Jesus Avila: The cytoskeleton
14 Brian Morris: Neuronal plasticity
15 Mark Bailey: Genetic basis of human neuronal diseases
16 Paul Shiels & Wayne Davies: Ageing and the death of neurones






Wayne Davies and Brian Morris, both at the Institute of Biomedical
and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK