Neurobiochemistry: Selected Topics (colloquium Der Gesellschaft Für Biologische Chemie In Mosbach Baden)

Front Matter....Pages I-IX Gene Regulation by Nerve Growth Factor....Pages 1-6 Implications of Proteases and Protease Inhibitors in Neurite Outgrowth....Pages 7-12 Studies on the Cholinergic Differentiation Factor for Cultured Sympathetic Neurons....Pages 13-17 Biological Properties of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)....Pages 18-21 Multiple Molecular Forms of Acetylcholinesterase and Their Possible Role in the Degradation of Neurohormones....Pages 22-32 Synthesis of Neurohypophyseal Hormones....Pages 33-42 Degradation and Biological Inactivation of Neuropeptides....Pages 43-54 Structure and Function of Cholinergic Synaptic Vesicles....Pages 55-65 Catecholamine-Storing Vesicles: From Biosynthesis to Exo/Endocytosis....Pages 66-75 Activation and Deactivation of the Cyclic Nucleotide Enzyme Cascade in Visual Rod Cells....Pages 76-87 The Molecular Biology of Muscle and Brain Acetylcholine Receptors....Pages 88-102 Laser-Flash Photoaffinity Labeling of Acetylcholine Receptors with Millisecond Time Resolution....Pages 103-112 The Glycine Receptor....Pages 113-119 The GABA Receptor/Benzodiazepine Complex in the Central Nervous System....Pages 120-133 Myasthenia Gravis: State of the Art and Approaches to Immunotherapy....Pages 134-148 Biochemistry of Gangliosidoses....Pages 149-163 The Apamin-Sensitive Ca 2+ -Dependent K + Channel. Molecular Properties, Differentiation, and Endogeneous Ligands in Mammalian Brain....Pages 164-171 The Voltage-Sensitive Sodium Channel from Mammalian Skeletal Muscle....Pages 172-182 Biochemistry and Physiology of Cardiac Calcium Channels....Pages 183-192 Phosphorylation of Ion Channels: A Fundamental Regulatory Mechanism in the Control of Nerve Cell Activity....Pages 193-201 Back Matter....Pages 203-213