Excitatory amino acids and synaptic transmission / edited by H.V. Wheal and A.M. Thomson.

London ; San Diego : Academic Press, [1991]

xxi, 482 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

Copy 1. Donor: Howard Wheal.

Excitatory amino acid receptors: multiplicity and structural requirements for activation and blockade -- Excitatory amino acid receptor distribution: quantitative autoradiographic studies -- Heterogeneity and organization of excitatory amino acid receptors and transporters -- Quisqualate/AMPA-Preferring configurations of non-NMDA receptors -- Excitatory amino acid-gated channel types in mammalian neurons and glia -- Molecular properties of non-NMDA excitatory amino acid receptors -- Inhibition of the NMDA response at the glycine site and the intracellular Mg² channel blocking site -- Desensitization at NMDA and AMPA-kainate receptors -- Recurrent excitatory synapses between CA3 neurons in the hippocampus.

Excitatory amino acid transmitter function in mammalian central pathways -- Amino acid-mediated EPSCs -- Presynaptic receptors at a central excitatory synapse -- Synaptic transmission at unitary CA3-CA1 connections in the hippocampus -- Patch-clamp studies of electrogenic glutamate uptake: ionic dependence, modulation and failure in anoxia -- Excitatory amino receptor subtypes and their roles in epileptiform synaptic potentials in the hippocampus -- Amino acid-mediated synaptic transmission in temporal lobe structures in vitro: implications for the generation and spread of epileptic activity -- The role of excitatory amino acids in the genesis of bursting -- Postsynaptic events in mediating LTP -- Properties of synapses mediated by excitatory amino acids and their involvement in synaptic plasticity -- The role of NMDA receptors in use-dependent synaptic plasticity of the visual cortex -- Presynaptic mechanisms in the maintenance of long-term potentiation: the role of arachidonic acid -- Control of GABA release by glutamate agonists in neonatal hippocampal neurons.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-467) and index.