Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Victor P. Whittaker -- Introduction: history and scope of this book -- Cholinergic cells and pathways -- Metabolism of acetylcholine : synthesis and turnover -- History of research on nicotinic and muscarinic cholinergic receptors / Alexander G. Karczmar, Jon Lindstrom, and Arthur Christopoulos -- Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the central nervous system : structure, function, and pharmacology / Arthur Christopoulos -- Neuronal nicotinic receptors : history, structure, and functional roles / Jon Lindstrom -- Anticholinesterases and war gases -- Cholinergic aspects of growth and development -- Central cholinergic nervous system and its correlates -- Links between amyloid and tau biology in Alzheimer's disease and their cholinergic aspects / George S. Siegel, Neelima Chauhan, and Alexander G. Karczmar -- Envoi.