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Introductory Perspective

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Presynaptic Receptors in the Mammalian Brain

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Two purposes guided the writing of this introductory chapter. My first objective was to provide a concise history and background to the topic covered in this book. In doing so, I have drawn from specific examples of presynaptic inhibition that are not addressed in later chapters. This is an attempt to bind together work performed on a variety of preparations to provide an expanded view of our understanding of the mechanisms of presynaptic inhibition and how this understanding was obtained. It is anticipated that a discussion of these issues will expose important links between mechanisms of presynaptic inhibition in different preparations. A more thorough historical background can be obtained from Eccles (1964) and Nicoli and Alger (1979). My second objective was to present areas of research that I believe will be important in the near future or that perhaps deserve more attention than they have received.

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  1. V.A. Medical Center, 80220, Denver, CO, USA

    Thomas V. Dunwiddie

  2. Department of Pharmacology C-236, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 80220, Denver, CO, USA

    Thomas V. Dunwiddie

  3. Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 37232, Nashville, TN, USA

    David M. Lovinger

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Scholz, K.P. (1993). Introductory Perspective. In: Dunwiddie, T.V., Lovinger, D.M. (eds) Presynaptic Receptors in the Mammalian Brain. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6825-0_1

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