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Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in Nervous Systems

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Georg Hertting

    1. Institut für Pharmakologie, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

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  2. Hanns-Christof Spatz

    1. Institut Für Biologie III, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries H: (ASIH, volume 19)

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Table of contents (31 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Presynaptic Modulation of Chemical Neurotransmission: The Blood Vessel Paradigm

    • Klaus Starke
    Pages 1-3

  3. Modulation of Purine Release from Electrically-Stimulated Cortical Slices of the Rat: Interaction with the Cholinergic System

    • F. Pedata, G. Pepeu
    Pages 5-24

  4. Modulation of Glutamate and Gaba Release by Excitatory Amino Acid Receptor Agonists in Cultured Cerebellar Cells

    • G. Levi, V. Gallo, C. Giovannini, R. Suergiu
    Pages 25-37

  5. Serotonin-Glutamate Interactions in Rat Cerebellum: Involvement of Multiple 5-HT Receptor Subtypes

    • Maurizio Raiteri, Guido Maura, Giambattista Bonanno, Anna Pittaluga, Massimo Ulivi
    Pages 39-53

  6. Modulation of Transmitter Release by Presynaptic Serotonin Receptors

    • Manfred Göthert
    Pages 55-68

  7. Opioid Peptides, Opioid Receptors and Modulation of Catecholaminergic Neurotransmission Processes in the Central Nervous System

    • Arie H. Mulder, Abraham L. Frankhuyzen, Anton N. M. Schoffelmeer
    Pages 69-83

  8. Noradrenergic Modulation of Acetylcholine Release

    • L. Beani, C. Bianchi, S. Tanganelli, T. Antonelli, G. Spalluto, C. Tomasini
    Pages 85-98

  9. Control of Acetylcholine Release and of Intestinal Motility by Subtypes of Muscarine Receptors

    • H. Kilbinger, H. Schwörer, A. Stein, K.-D. Süß
    Pages 99-110

  10. Cholinergic-Adrenergic Presynaptic Interactions on the Heart in the Millisecond Range as Studied With the Pulse-to-Pulse Method

    • E. Muscholl, Alice Habermeier-Muth, Birgit Jung
    Pages 111-125

  11. New Aspects on Modulation Of Sympathetic Neurotransmission: by Change of Probability of Secretion of Single Mixed Quanta From Two Classes of Nerve Varicosities

    • Lennart Stjärne, Etsuro Tanaka, Peter Århem
    Pages 127-146

  12. Participation of Regulatory G-Proteins and Protein Kinase C in the Modulation of Transmitter Release in Hippocampus

    • G. Hertting, S. Wurster, P. Gebicke-Härter, C. Allgaier
    Pages 147-164

  13. Attempts to Characterise Dopamine Receptor-Effector Mechanisms in the Brain

    • E. Kelly, S. R. Nahorski
    Pages 165-174

  14. Postsynaptic Signal Transduction in Neuroblastoma and Ganglion Cells: Receptor-Mediated Control of K-Currents

    • D. A. Brown, H. Higashida, P. R. Adams, N. V. Marrion
    Pages 175-185

  15. Neurotransmitters, Ion Channels and Second Messengers in the Hippocampus

    • R. C. Malenka, D. V. Madison, P. Dutar, R. Andrade, R. A. Nicoll
    Pages 187-200

  16. A Family Of Neurotransmitter Receptors Couple to a Potassium Conductance

    • R. Alan North
    Pages 201-212

  17. Induction and Maintenance of Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus

    • T. V. P. Bliss, M. L. Errington, M. A. Lynch
    Pages 213-225

  18. Initiation of Long-Term Potentiation: Dependency on Parameters of Stimulation and External Calcium

    • R. Anwyl
    Pages 227-233

  19. The Role of Protein Phosphorylation in Long-Term Potentiation

    • L. V. Dekker, P. N. E. De Graan, F. M. J. Heemskerk, L. H. Schrama, A. B. Oestreicher, P. Schotman et al.
    Pages 235-248

  20. A Possible Role for Ependymin in Hippocampal Plasticity

    • W. Seifert, H. Terlau, R. Schmidt
    Pages 249-257
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This volume is based on a workshop "Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in Nervous Systems" held in n Ciocco, Castelvecchio, Pascoli, Italy, from September 8th to 13th, 1987. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together scientists working on plasticity in nervous systems on different levels. The contributions can be subgrouped into six fields of research: 1) Presynaptic Modulation of Chemical Neurotransmission 2) Postsynaptic Signal Transduction 3) Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in the Hippocampus 4) Modulation of Neuromuscular Transmission 5) Molecular and Cellular Analysis of Conditioning in Marine Snails 6) Analysis of Learning and Memory in Insects Understanding how nervous systems and in particular our brain processes and stores information has been a major challenge in science for centuries and will remain for some time to come. Not until recently neurobiologists agreed to seek plasticity of behavior primarily in the modulation of the properties of synapses between nerve cells. This is to be understood within the context provided by a neural circuitry. An important stimulus came from the work on the marine snail Aplysia, where learning processes can be described as a modulation of transmitter release, traced back to a complete chain of molecular events in an identified neuron. Learning became a topic of molecular biology. Three systems appear particularly promising for this approach: insects, in particular Drosophila, marine snails and the mammalian hippocampal tissue. Our views on neurotransmission have rapidly changed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Pharmakologie, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

    Georg Hertting

  • Institut Für Biologie III, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

    Hanns-Christof Spatz

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