Strategy and prospects in neuroscience
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Strategy and prospects in neuroscience
(Taniguchi symposia on brain sciences, no. 10)
Japan Scientific Societies Press , VNU Science Press, c1987
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- : Netherlands
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Include index and bibliographies
based on the 10th International Symposium, Division of Brain Sciences, the Taniguchi Foundation, which was held in Kyoto in November 1986
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book deals with molecular neurobiology based on neurochemical approaches and focuses on neural plasticity studied by neurophysiological methods. It offers discussions on prospects of neuroscience from the respective stances of the participants.
Table of Contents
Part I: Perspectives in Neuroscience 1. Strategy and Some Prospects in Neuroscience Part II: Molecular Neurobiology 2. The Acetylcholine Receptor: Functional Organization and Evolution during Synapse Formation 3. Nerve Growth Factor: Its Role in Neuronal Growth and Maintenance Part III: Neural Growth 4. Developmental Switching of Genes and Genesis of the Vertebrate CNS 5. Early Cell Commitment and Environmental Factors in the Development of Peripheral Nervous System in Birds 6. Expression of the Gene Coding for Lens-Specific Crystallins in the Nervous Tissues Part IV: Neural Plasticity 7. Synaptic Plasticity in the Cerebellar Cortex as a Memory Process for Motor Learning 8. Quantal Analysis of Potentiation of Synaptic Transmission in the Hippocampus 9. Protein Phosphorylation, a Biochemical Approach to Neuronal Plasticity 10. Enhancement of Central Synaptic Efficacy by Prolonged Disuse of the Synapse Part V: Opinions on Strategy and Prospects in Neuroscience 11. Some Thoughts on Regeneration 12. Comment on the Relationship between Clinical Research and Neuroscience, and on a Strange Compound in Immature Brains 13. Are There "Gnostic Units" in the Association Cortex? 14. Isolated Preparations of Newborn Rat Central Nervous System 15. Neurochemical Strategies to Elucidate the Mechanism of Learning and Memory: Comment 16. A Comment on Development and Differentiation of the Brain 17. One Opinion in Regard to the Promotion of Neuroscience 18. State-and Tissue-Dependence of Neuronal Function 19. Neuroscience in the Study on Brain Aging and Dementia 20. Learning about Learning 21. Sleep as an Advanced Cerebral Function 22. Identification of Specific Substances in Neural Development 23. Regeneration of the Cerebellofugal Projection in Kittens 24. Brain Slice Preparations in Neuroscience-Comments on the Presentation by Professor Masanori Otsuka
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