Amino Acids as Chemical Transmitters

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Morphology

   1. Morphological Correlates for Transmitter Synthesis, Transport, Release, Uptake and Catabolism: A Study of Serotonin Neurons in the Nucleus Paragigantocellularis Lateralis

      • Victoria Chan-Palay

      Pages 1-30

   2. Comments on the Morphology of Inhibitory Axons

      • Fred Walberg

      Pages 31-38

   3. Ultrastructural Analysis of Axo-Dendritic Initial Collateral Terminals of a Feline Spinocervical Tract Neurone, Stained Intracellularly with Horseradish Peroxidase

      • Jonas Rastad

      Pages 39-48

   4. Electron Cytochemistry of GABA-Transaminase in Rat Cerebellar Cortex, and Evidence for Multimolecular Forms of the Enzyme

      • J. C. Hyde

      Pages 49-53

3. Electrophysiology and Neuropharmacology

   1. Pre- and Non-Synaptic Activities of GABA and Related Amino Acids in the Mammalian Nervous System

      • David R. Curtis

      Pages 55-86

   2. Quantitative Studies of Iontophoretically-Applied Excitatory Amino Acids

      • A. Nistri, J. F. MacDonald

      Pages 87-91

   3. Interactions of Central Depressants with Amino Acids and Their Antagonists

      • A. Dray, N. G. Bowery

      Pages 93-101

4. Localization

   1. Critical Evaluation of the Use of Radioautography as a Tool in the Localization of Amino Acids in the Mammalian Central Nervous System

      • J. S. Kelly, Fabienne Weitsch-Dick

      Pages 103-121

   2. Transmitters in the Basal Ganglia

      • P. L. McGeer, E. G. McGeer, T. Hattori

      Pages 123-141

   3. Comments on Localization of Neurotransmitters in the Basal Ganglia

      • F. Fonnum

      Pages 143-153

   4. Localization of Transmitter Amino Acids: Application to Hippocampus and Septum

      • Jon Storm-Mathisen

      Pages 155-171

   5. Glutamate Concentration in Individual Layers of the Rabbit Hippocampus

      • Cordula Nitsch, Yasuhiro Okada

      Pages 173-176

   6. The Effect of Intrahippocampal Administration of γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)

      • Antoni Smialowski

      Pages 177-180

   7. Neurotransmitters in the Amygdala: A Brief Review

      • P. C. Emson

      Pages 181-192

   8. GABA Markers in the Hypothalamus : Topographical Distribution and Origin

      • M. L. Tappaz

      Pages 193-212

   9. Identified Aplysia Neurons with Rapid and Specific Glycine Uptake

      • C. H. Price, D. J. McAdoo, R. E. Coggeshall, T. M. Iliffe

      Pages 213-219

5. The Visual System

   1. Neurotransmitters in the Avian Visual System

      • M. Cuénod, H. Henke

      Pages 221-239

   2. Neurotransmitters of the Mammalian Visual System

      • R. Lund Karlsen

      Pages 241-256

   3. The Localization and Metabolism of Neuroactive Amino Acids in the Retina

      • M. J. Voaden

      Pages 257-274

This volume represents the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on Amino Acids as Chemical Transmitters, which took ~lace at Spatind Hotel in Norway, August 14-21, 1977. The meeting is related to two previous meetings on metabolic compart­ mentation in the brain. The first of these meetings took place at Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, Italy, July 11-16, 1971 and the proceedings, Metabolic Compartmentation in Brain, were edited by R. Balazs and J. E. Cremer and published by Macmillan in 1973. The second meeting was an Advanced Study Institute on Metabolic Com­ partmentation and Neurotransmission Relation to Brain Structure and Function, which was held in Oxford, September 1-8, 1974. The proceedings were edited by S. Berl, D. D. Clarke and D. Schneider and published as Volume 6 of the NATO ASI Life Science series by Plenum Press. The object of the present meeting was to review and discuss the present status of amino acids as chemical transmitters. Several issues such as electrophysiological response, localization, synthe­ sis, release and receptor binding of transmitter candidates were discussed. The possible morphological correlates to these func­ tions were also reviewed. During the meeting 24 leading papers were given. In addition, several of the participants presented important new findings during the discussion. Some of these have been included as short reports. The main financial support was obtained from NATO, Scientific Affairs Division.

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• brain
• cortex
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• nervous system
• neurons
• neuropharmacology
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• physiology
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• structure
• transmission

• Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, Kjeller, Norway

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