Glutamate, Cell Death and Memory Book

Contents: The NMDA Receptor: Analogies and Differences with the Non-NMDA Glutamate Receptors and with the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor.- The Glutamate Receptors: Genes, Structure and Expression.- Triggering of Arachidonic Acid Release from Mature Striatal Neurons by Associative Stimulation of Ionotropic (AMPA) and Quisqualate Receptors Coupled to Phospholipase C (Qp).- Persistent Modulation of Neural Excitability in the Hippocampus: The Role of EPSP-Spike (E-S) Potentiation.- Induction and Stabilization of Long-Term Potentiation.- Blockade of Specific K+Channels Produces a Ca++ Dependent Form of Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus.- Alterations in Calcium Homeostatic Capacity: A Locus for Constructive and Destructive Neuronal Remodeling.- Excitotoxicity and Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- In Vitro Neuronal Death: Contrasts Between Excitotoxicity and Chemical Hypoxia.- Excitatory Amino Acid Neurotoxicity in Rat Brain Slices.- Excitotoxicity on Cultured Cortical Neurons.- Excitatory Amino Acid Induced Cytotoxicity in Cultured Neurons: Role of Intracellular Ca+++ Homeostasis.- Subject Index.