Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

This volume incorporates peer reviewed papers from the "Workshop on Apoptosis in Biology and Medicine held in Sendai (Japan) on September 12-15, 2008, at the Tohoku Pharmaceutical University."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Involvement of the prefrontal cortex in problem solving / Hajime Mushiake ... [and others] -- GluK1 receptor antagonists and hippocampal mossy fiber function / Robert Nisticò ... [and others] -- Monoamine transporter as a target molecule for psychostimulants / Ichiro Sora ... [and others] -- Targeted lipodomics as a tool to investigate endocannabinoid function / Giuseppe Astarita ... [and others] -- The endocannabinoid system as a target for novel anxiolytic and antidepressant drugs / ... [and others] -- GABA[A] receptor function and gene expression during pregnancy and postpartum / Giovanni Biggio ... [and others] -- Early postnatal stress and neural circuit underlying emotional regulation / Machiko Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Yoshioka, and Hiroko Togashi -- Roles of the histaminergic neurotransmission on methamphetamine-induced locomotor sensitization and reward: a study of receptors gene knockout mice / Naoko Takino ... [and others] -- Developmental exposure to cannabinoids causes subtle and enduring neurofunctional alterations / Patrizia Campolongo ... [and others] -- Neuronal mechanisms for pain-induced aversion: behavioral studies using a conditioned place aversion test / Masabumi Minami -- Bv8/Prokineticins and their receptors: a new pronociceptive system / Lucia Negri ... [and others] -- P2Y[6]-evoked microglial phagocytosis / Kazuhide Inoue -- PPAR and pain / Takehiko Maeda and Shiroh Kishioka -- Involvement of inflammatory mediators in neuropathic pain caused by vincristine / Norikazu Kiguchi ... [and others].

Nociceptive behavior induced by the endogenous opioid peptides dynorphins in uninjured mice: evidence with intrathecal N-ethylmaleimide inhibiting dynorphin degradation / Koichi Tan-No ... [and others] -- Mechanism of allodynia evoked by intrathecal morphine-3-glucuronide in mice / Takaaki Komatsu -- ( -- )-Linalool attenuates allodynia in neuropathic pain induced by spinal nerve ligation in C57/B16 mice / Laura Berliocchi ... [and others] -- Intraplantar injection of bergamot essential oil into the mouse hindpaw: effects of capsaicin-induced nociceptive behaviors / Tsukasa Sakurada ... [and others] -- New therapy for neuropathic pain / Hirokazu Mizoguchi ... [and others] -- Regulated exocytosis from astrocytes: physiological and pathological related aspects / Corrado Calí ... [and others] -- Glutamate release from astrocytic gliosomes under physiological and pathological conditions / Marco Milanese ... [and others] -- Neurotrophic and neuroprotective actions of an enhancer of ganglioside biosynthesis / Jin-Ichi Inokuchi -- Involvement of endocannabinoid signaling int eh neuroprotective effects of subtype 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists in models of cerebral ischemia / Elisa Landucci ... [and others] -- NF-kappa[beta] dimers in the regulation of neuronal survival / Ilenia Sarnico ... [and others] -- Oxidative stress in stroke pathophysiology: validation of hydrogen peroxide metabolism as a pharmacological target to afford neuroprotection / Diana Amantea ... [and others] -- Role of Akt and Erk signaling in the neurogenesis following brain ischemia / Norifumi Shioda, Feng Han, and Kohji Fukunaga -- Prevention of glutamate accumulation and upregulation of phospho-Akt may account for neuroprotection afforded by bergamot essential oil against brain injury induced by focal cerebral ischemia in rat / Dian Amantea ... [and others] -- Identification of novel pharmacological targets ot minimize excitotoxic retinal damage / Rossella Russo ... [and others].

Description based on print version record.

This volume provides a wide overview of important new advances in the field of Neuropharmacology. In 20 chapters, contributors from all over the world are discussing topics like endocannabinoid function, pain, stress, astrocytes etc, and new possibilities for treatments of neurological diseases with neuropharmacological approaches. - Cutting edge articles in Neuropharmacology - Discusses new possibilities for treatments of neurological disorders - Very international authorship providing a global view of the state of research.