Receptors and Ligands in Neurological Disorders

This book summarises current studies which involve receptors and ligands in neurological disorders.

Amar K. Sen (Edited by), Tyrone Lee (Edited by)

9780521307208, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 June 1988

340 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.762 kg

This book summarises current studies which involve receptors and ligands in neurological disorders. The advance in the study of receptors in general enables investigators to explore the mechanism of action of psychotropic drugs and to minimise their side effects. It will lead to the study of molecular events and an understanding of the nature and cause of the various diseases and to more accurate diagnoses which may give more effective therapeutic treatments. Each chapter is written by experts in the field and the volume has been carefully edited to ensure its usefulness to pharmacologists, neurologists and neuroscieentists.

Preface
Introduction
1. Cnolinergic neurons in Huntington's disease K. G. Lloyd and C. J. Carter
2. GABA deficiency in Humtington's disease Thomas L. Perry
3. The role of cental dopamine in movement disorders Menek Goldstein and Emanual Meller
4. Tardive dyskinesia - a historical review Caroline M. Tanner and Harold L. Klawans
5. Gilles de la tourette syndrome Jack W. Schweitzer and Arnold J. Friedhoff
6. Aluminium and Alzheimer's disease D. R. Crapper McLachlan
7. Cortical neurotransmitter receptors: distribution and involvement in Alzheimer's disease E. K. Parry and J. M. Candy
8. Neurotransmitter receptors in normal human aging and Alzheimer's disease David G. Morgan, Patrick C. May and Caleb E. Finch
9. Acetylocholine receptor in myasthenia gravis R. J. Boegman and K. K. Wan
10. Receptor binding in the kindling model of epilepsy W. M. Burnham
11. Imagining of regional celebral metabolism and blood flow in epilepsy George J. Siegel, Bassel Abou-Khalil and J. Chris Sackellares
12. A review of the attentional deficit disorder of chilhood Lisa A. Raskin, Sally E. Shaywitz, Bennett A. Shaywitz, George M. Anderson, James F. Leckman and Donald J. Cohen
13. Receptor studies in sleep and sleep disorders Mortimer Mamelak
14. Receptor localization in neuropsychiatry James K. Wamsley and Ted M. Dawson
15. Brain tissue transplantation: applications to neurological research Stephen B. Dunnett and Anders Björklund
Index.

Subject Areas: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN]