Beyond Neurotransmission
Neuromodulation and its Importance for Information Processing
Edited by Paul Katz
Price: £83.00 (Hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-852424-3
Publication date: 5 August 1999
406 pages, numerous halftones and line figures, 234x156 mm
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| Description | | - Chapters written by first class set of contributors
- Exciting, fast-moving area of neuroscience and nervous system research
- Understanding neuromodulation is integral to understanding how the brain works
- Excellent summary of our current understanding of the mechanisms of neuromodulation
| | There are many modes of communication that neurons use to transmit information besides what has come to be called neurotransmission. Many of these other types of communication can be classified as neuromodulatory, where instead of conveying excitation or inhibition, the signal from one neuron changes the properties of other neurons or synapses. This form of neuronal communication is often
overlooked by systems physiologists, but it is extremely prevalent in the nervous system and needs to be included in any description of how the nervous system processes information. This book provides the foundations for understanding the cellular and molecular basis for neuromodulatory effects. It illustrates some key examples of the roles played by neuromodulation in sensory processing,
neuromuscular transmission, generation of motor behaviours, and learning. Finally, the book seeks to point out areas that are likely to be of importance in the future study of information processing by the nervous system. For neurobiology students and researchers, the book summarizes a vast amount of research, and puts it into the context of how these cellular mechanisms are used in systems of
neurons. By spanning the levels of analysis from sub-cellular mechanisms through cellular properties and neuronal systems to behaviour, the book provides a framework for understanding this currently exploding field of research. It is accessible to anyone with a basic understanding of neurobiology, but is in depth enough to satisfy readers who are very familiar with the field. |
Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and lecturers in neurobiology, neuroscience or neurophysiology. Systems physiologists and general physiologists with an interest in neuronal communication.
| Contents |
1.
What are we talking about? Modes of neuronal communication
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Katz
2.
The messenger is not the message; or is it?
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Trimmer
3.
The inside story: subcellular mechanisms of neuromodulation
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Jonas and Kaczmarek
4.
Message received: Cellular responses to neuromodulatory signals
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Turrigiano
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Metaplasticity: the plasticity of synaptic plasticity
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Philpot, Bear, Abraham
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Changing the way we perceive things: sensory systems modulation
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Mercer
7.
Flexibility of Muscle Control by Modulation of Muscle Properties
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Hooper et al
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Making circuits dance: Neuromodulation of motor systems
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Kiehn and Katz
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Neuromodulation and memory function
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Hasselmo and Linster
10.
Metamodulation: The control and modulation of neuromodulation
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Katz and Edwards
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by Paul Katz, Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta
| | Contributors:Paul S. Katz, Dept. of Biology, Georgia State University, PO Box 4010, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA; Barry A. Trimmer, Dept. of Biology, Dana Laboratory, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA; Elizabeth Jonas, Dept. of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Gina Turrigiano, Dept. of Biology & Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA 02254, USA; Benjamin Philpot, Dept. of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA; Alison Mercer, Dept. of Zoology, Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; Scott Hooper, Neurobiology Program, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA; Vladimir Brezina, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics & The Fishberg
Research Center in Neurobiology, Box 1218, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Elizabeth Cropper, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics & The Fishberg Research Center in Neurobiology, Box 1218, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Klaudiusz Weiss Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics & The Fishberg Research Center in
Neurobiology, Box 1218, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Ole Kiehn, Section of Neurophysiology, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark; Michael Hasselmo, Dept. of Psychology, Rm. 983, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Christine Linster, Dept. of Psychology, Rm. 983, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland
St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Donald Edwards, Dept. of Biology, Georgia State University, PO Box 4010, Atalanta, GA 30302, USA; Leonard Kaczmarek, Dept. of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Mark Bear, Dept. of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA; Wickliffe Abraham, Dept. of
Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA |
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