Neural Membranes (Hardcover)

I: Membrane Phospholipids.- Phospholipid Metabolism in Neural Membranes.- The Involvement of Lipids in Signal Transmission Across Cell Membranes of the Nervous System.- Involvement of Phospholipid Metabolites in Neural Membrane Functions.- Effects of Catecholamines and Their Metabolites and Other Pharmacological Agents on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism and Prostaglandin Release by Rabbit Iris Muscle and Iris Microsomes.- Free Arachidonic and Docosahexaenoic Acid Accumulation in the Central Nervous System During Stimulation.- The Role of Arachidonic Acid in Cellular Brain Edema.- Metabolism of Docosahexaenoic Acid-Containing Species of Ether Phospholipid in Rat Brain.- The Effect of Dietary Choline on Brain Phospholipid Content.- Solubilization, Purification, and Properties of Membrane-Bound Brain Enzymes Which Biosynthesize Phosphoinositides.- II: Receptors.- Demonstration of GABA-Synthesizing Enzyme, GAD, Benzodiazepine Receptor, and Coated Vesicles in the Vetebrate Nervous System.- Roles of Synaptic Membranous Phospholipids in the Modulation of Cerebral GABA and Benzodiazepine Receptor Bindings.- Characterization and Isolation of Dopamine-Binding Proteins in Rat CNS by Gel Electrophoresis and Affinity Chromatography.- Effects of Ascorbate on Post-Synaptic Serotonin Binding Sites in Rat Brains.- Membrane Properties of Isolated Horizontal Cells in the Teleost Retina.- III: Membrane Structure and Functions.- The Kindling Effect of Ethanol on Neuronal Membranes.- Response of Brain Cell Culture to Ethanol: Morphological and Biochemical Studies.- Structure and Function of Synaptosomal and Mitochondrial Membranes: Elucidation Using Neurotoxic Metals and Neuromodulatory Agents.- Properties of a Brain Membrane Amino-Enkephalinase: Inhibition Studies.- Choline Acetyltransferase: Purification, Characterization, Localization, and Induction of a Fatal Autoimmune Disease.- Non-Enzymatic Galactosylation of Proteins and Galactosemia.- Chemical Studies on the Porcine Myelin Basic Protein.- The Excitation Properties of Nerve Membranes.- IV: Gangliosides.- Gangliosides of the Neuronal Membrane and the Neuritogenic Phenomenon.- Neuronal Development and Regeneration: A Role for Gangliosides.- Heterosis for Myelin Content in Mice: A New Model for Studying Myelination.- Ganglioside-Mediated Internalization of Choleragen.- Biochemical Studies of Tay-Sachs Disease.- Gangliosides in Peripheral Nervous System During Normal Cell-Differentiation and Oncogenesis.- V: Abstracts.- Benzodiazepine-Binding Site and GABA-Binding Site.- Responses of the Single Sympathetic Ganglionic Neurones to Acetylcholine and to Dopamine.- Effect of Convulsive and Anti-Convulsive Agents on Brain Free Fatty Acids and Diacylglycerols.- Lysophospholipase in Brain Synaptosomes.- Butyrate-Induced Reverse Transformation of Clonal Glioma Cells in Vitro.- Butyrate-Induced Expression of Selected Glial Markers by Clonal Glioma (F98) Cells in Vitro.- Arachidonoyl-Labeled Synaptosomes: A Membrane Substrate for Sutdying PI-Specific Phospholipase C.- Differential Effects of Divalent Cations on Nerve and Muscle Membranes.- Changes in Phosphoglycerides and Their Acyl Group Profiles of Glioma Cells Due to Butyrate Treatment.- The Action of Thyroid Hormones on Neural Membranes.