Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cell biology of the nervous system -- Cell membrane structures and functions -- Membrane transport -- Electrical excitability and ion channels -- Lipids -- The cytoskeleton of neurons and glia -- Intracellular trafficking -- Axonal transport -- Cell adhesion molecules -- Myelin structure and biochemistry -- Energy metabolism of the brain -- Synaptic transmission and cellular signaling : an overview -- Acetylcholine -- Catecholamines -- Serotonin -- Histamine -- Glutamate and glutamate receptors -- GABA -- Purinergic signaling -- Peptides -- G proteins -- Cyclic nucleotides in the nervous system -- Phosphoinositides -- Calcium -- Serine and threonine phophorylation -- Tyrosine phosphorylation -- Transcription factors in the central nervous system -- Development of the nervous system -- Growth factors -- Stem cells in the nervous system -- Formation and maintenance of myelin -- Axonal growth in the adult mammalian nervous system : regeneration and compensatory plasticity -- Molecular mechanisms and consequences of immune and nervous system interactions -- Neuroinflammation -- Brain ischemia and reperfusion : cellular and molecular mechanisms in stroke injury -- Lipid mediators : eicosanoids, docosanoids and platelet-activating factor -- Apoptosis and necrosis -- Peripheral neuropathy : neurochemical and molecular mechanisms -- Diseases involving myelin -- The epilepsies : phenotypes and mechanisms -- Genetics of neurodegenerative diseases -- Disorders of amino acid metabolism -- Inborn metabolic defects of lysosomes, peroxisomes, carbohydrates, fatty acids and mitochondria -- Disorders of muscle excitability -- Motor neuron diseases -- Neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease -- Synucleinopathies and tauopathies -- Cellular and molecular basis of neurodegeneration in the CAG-polyglutamine repeat diseases -- Neurotransmitter and disorders of the basal ganglia -- Molecular basis of prion diseases -- Molecular biology of vision -- Molecular basis of olfaction and taste -- Molecular biology of hearing and balance -- Pain -- Endocrine effects and the brain and their relationship to behavior -- Learning and memory -- The neurochemistry of sleep and wakefulness -- The neurochemistry of schizophrenia -- The neurochemistry of autism -- Neurobiology of severe mood and anxiety disorders -- Addiction.

This advanced neurochemistry and neurobiology textbook has a renewed focus on clinical applications and covers topics such as fundamental membrane chemistry, development of the nervous system, cell injury and inflammation, neurodegenerative diseases, sensory transduction and neural processing.