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Exploring the Vertebrate Central Cholinergic Nervous System

by Alexander Karczmar

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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.
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Table of 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 Receptors.- Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Central Nervous System: Structure, Function and Pharmacology.- Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors: Structure and Functional Roles.- Anticholinesterases and War Gases.- Cholinergic Aspects of Growth and Development.- Central Cholinergic Nervous System and Its Correlates.- Linking Amyloid and Tau Biology in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Cholinergic Aspects.- Envoi.

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ISBN:
9780387282237
Author:
Karczmar, Alexander
Publisher:
Springer Us
Author:
Karczmar
Author:
Karczmar, A. G.
Subject:
Neuroscience
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Vertebrates
Subject:
Life Sciences - Zoology - General
Subject:
Cholinergic mechanisms.
Subject:
Vertebrates -- Physiology.
Publication Date:
October 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
702
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