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Neurobiology of the Trace Amines: Edited by A. A. Boulton, G. B. Baker, W. G. Dewhurst and M. Sandler. Published by Humana Press, Clifton, New Jersey, 1984. ISBN 0-89603-063-6. Price £56
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Osborne, Neville N. |
| Copyright Year | 1985 |
| Abstract | The volume is based on presentations from the 3rd Capo Boi Conference on Neuroscience held in Villasimius, Italy, in June 1983. The book appears to have taken less than a year to appear, which is mainly due to the fact that the authors' typescripts have been reproduced in their original forms. This method unfortunately has its typographical limitations; therefore the photomicrographs are poorly reproduced. Nevertheless, the text, the content of the book is interesting. The book contains six chapters (Neuromodulation by cotransmitters; Modulation by preand postsynaptic receptors; Neuromodulation by second messengers, transmitter turnover turnover and release; Neuromodulation by aminoacids and peptides; Neuromodulation in neuroendocrinology; Neuronal plasticity) and forty-one papers. The emphasis of the book is directed towards the neuromodulation of neuronal function. Chapter one is devoted to a very hot problem in neuroscience, the role of cotransmitters in signal transmission, i.e. more than one transmitter is stored in and released from a neuron. The majority of papers in this chapter unfortunately diverge from this topic and instead form a miscellaneous collection of papers. Nevertheless, interesting and important studies are presented. The second chapter, on preand postsynaptic receptors, constitutes a major section of the book. The majority of its eight articles take the form of mini-reviews on topics such as opiate receptors (F. A. North), modulation of receptor populations bychronic antidepressant treatment (I. Vetulani), dopamine receptors (M. O. Carrubba et al.), GABA-benzodiazepine receptors (G. Biggio et al.) presynaptic a2-adrenoceptors (G. Maura et al.) and negative feedback modulation of ACh release (M. Marchi et al.). Part three is devoted to second messengers and transmitter turnover problems. A very careful study is that of G. F. Di Penzo et al., on the release of endogenous dopamine and noradrenaline. The role of amino acids and neuropeptides in modulation is discussed in the next chapter. The fifth chapter is of a high standard, full of new observations and interesting discussions. The paper of Patacchioli and Angelucci is very interesting, on the role of serotonergic input to the hippocampus in the regulation of glucocorticoid binding capacity. The last chapter is devoted to neuronal plasticity. Among the seven papers there are fine presentations. The balance between the detailed and reviewed coverage of topics in this volume should make it attractive both to the specialist neuroscientist and to those who are interested in these topics, particularly to those wishing an overview of the work of other investigators. E. SYLVESTER VIZI E. S. Vizi is Professor and Chairman of Department of Pharmacology at Postgraduate Medical School, Budapest and Scientific Deputy Director o f the Institute o f Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary |
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| DOI | 10.1016/0197-0186(85)90181-0 |
| Volume Number | 7 |
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| Journal | Neurochemistry International |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
