1st Edition
Proceedings of the Taniguchi Symposia on Brain Sciences, Volume 10: Strategy and Prospects in Neuroscience
Edited By Osamu Hayaishi
Copyright 1987
272 Pages
by
CRC Press
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.
Preface
Editorial Note
PERSPECTIVES IN NEUROSCIENCE
Strategy and Some Prospects in Neuroscience
J.C. Eccles
MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
The Acetylcholine Receptor: Functional Organization and Evolution during Synapse Formation
J.-P. Changeux, A. Devillers-Thiéry, Jérôme Giraudat, M. Dennis, T. Heidmann, F. Revah, C. Mulle, O. Heidmann, A. Klarsfeld, B. Fontaine, R. Laufer, H.-O. Nghiêm, E. Kordeli and J. Cartaud
Nerve Growth Factor: Its Role in Neuronal Growth and Maintenance
E.M. Shooter, M.J. Radeke, T.P. Misko and S.C. Feinstein
Molecular Genetic Analysis of the Myelin Deficient Mutant Animals
K. Mikoshiba, H. Okano, M. Miura, K. Ikenaka, Y. Tsukada and Y. Inoue
NEURAL GROWTH
Developmental Switching of Genes and Genesis of the Vertebrate CNS
S. Fujita
Early Cell Commitment and Environmental Factors in the Development of Peripheral Nervous System in Birds
N.M. Le Douarin and Z.G. Xue
Expression of the Gene Coding for Lens-Specific Crystallins in the Nervous Tissues
T.S. Okada
NEURAL PLASTICITY
Synaptic Plasticity in the Cerebellar Cortex as a Memory Process for Motor Learning
M. Ito
Quantal Analysis of Potentiation of Synaptic Transmission in the Hippocampus
C. Yamamoto, M. Higashima and S. Sawada
Protein Phosphorylation, a Biochemical Approach to Neuronal Plasticity
U. Kikkawa, K. Ogita and Y. Nishizuka
Enhancement of Central Synaptic Efficacy by Prolonged Disuse of the Synapse
M. Kuno
OPINIONS ON STRATEGY AND PROSPECTS IN NEUROSCIENCE
Some Thoughts on Regeneration
E.M. Shooter
Comment on the Relationship between Clinical Research and Neuroscience, and on a Strange Compound in Immature Brains
Y. Kakimoto
Are There ''Gnostic Units'' in the Association Cortex?
H. Sakata
Isolated Preparations of Newborn Rat Central Nervous System
M. Otsuka
Neurochemical Strategies to Elucidate the Mechanism of Learning and Memory: Comment
Y. Tsukada
A Comment on Development and Differentiation of the Brain
H. Yoshida
One Opinion in Regard to the Promotion of Neuroscience
Y. Sano
State- and Tissue-Dependence of Neuronal Function
M. Kuno
Neuroscience in the Study on Brain Aging and Dementia
M. Tomonaga
Learning about Learning
N. Saito
Sleep as an Advanced Cerebral Function
S. Inoué
Identification of Specific Substances in Neural Development
K. Obata
Regeneration of the Cerebellofugal Projection in Kittens
S. Kawaguchi
Brain Slice Preparations in Neuroscience --- Comments on the Presentation by Professor Masanori Otsuka
C. Yamamoto
Subject Index
Author Index
Biography
Osamu Hayaishi