G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Dimers (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Part I. Introduction.- 1. From Monomers to Dimers and Beyond: An Exciting Journey in the World of the G protein-coupled Receptor Family.- 2. The use of Spatial Intensity Distribution Analysis to Examine G protein-coupled Receptor Oligomerization.- 3. Advanced Microscopy Techniques for Studying G protein-coupled Receptors.- Part II. Receptors.- 4. Light Sensing G protein-coupled Receptor Rhodopsin Dimer.- 5. Extreme Vetting of Dopamine Receptor Oligomerization.- 6. Serotonin receptors.- 7. Cannabinoid and Opioid Receptor Heteromers.- 8. Di/oligomerization of Glycoprotein Hormone Receptors.- 9. Chemokine Receptor Oligomerization to Tweak Chemotactic Responses.- 10. Secretin Receptor Dimerization. Prototypic of Class B GPCR Behavior.- 11. Receptors and RAMPs.- 12. Obligatory Heterodimerization of GABAB Receptor.- 13. Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors. Part III. Assembly and Trafficking.- 14. The monomer/homodimer Equilibrium of G protein-coupled Receptors: Formation in the Secretory Pathway and Potential Functional Significance.- 15. Probing Self-assembly of G protein-coupled Receptor Oligomers in Membranes using Molecular Dynamics Modeling and Experimental Approaches.- 16. Interaction of Membrane Cholesterol with GPCRs: Implications in Receptor Oligomerization.- Part IV. Physiology and Therapeutic Potential.- 17. Allosterism within GPCR Oligomers: Back to Symmetry.- 18. Understanding the Physiological Significance of GPCR Dimers and Oligomers.- 19. Heteromers form Novel Signaling Complexes.- 20. Heteroreceptor Complexes Implicated in Parkinson's Disease.