Transmitters in the visual process (consists of expanded versions of papers presented at a symposium held at the 5. international meeting of the international society for Neurochemistry, Barcelona, 1975)

Transmitters in the Visual Process is a compilation of papers presented at a symposium of the Fifth International Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry in Barcelona in September 1975. This collection presents a multidisciplinary field of study on visual transmitter physiology, pharmacology, and intracellular transmitters. One paper discusses the structure and mechanism of the visual system of vertebrates that consists of cells that transmit photon signals absorbed in a photoreceptor cell to the brain. This book focuses on which transmitter is involved at that certain point where the signal crosses the gap between two stimulated adjacent membranes. One paper then examines the role of cyclic nucleotides in the functions of the rod outer segment, which is the sensitive part, of the photoreceptor cell. The different kinds of chemicals, such as calcium, taurine, gamma-amino butyric acid, glycine, and biogenic monoamines are examined as to their role as transmitters in the retina. This book concludes with a presentation of the results of a study done on the neurotransmitters and the isolated optic tract-superior colliculus of a guinea pig. This compendium will serve the needs of biochemists, medical students, and researchers in the fields of ophthalmology and neurophysiology. Content: Other Pergamon Press Titles of Interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Page vii , S.L. Bonting CHAPTER 1 - STRUCTURE AND MECHANISM OF THE VERTEBRATE VISUAL SYSTEM , Pages 1-25 , S.L. Bonting CHAPTER 2 - ROLE OF CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDES IN PHOTORECEPTOR FUNCTION , Pages 27-58 , C. Goridis, N. Virmaux, M. Weller, P.F. Urban CHAPTER 3 - CALCIUM AS A TRANSMITTER IN PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS , Pages 59-88 , S.L. Bonting, F.J.M. Daemen CHAPTER 4 - TAURINE, A PUTATIVE TRANSMITTER IN RETINA , Pages 89-105 , P. Mandel, H. Pasantes-Morales, P.F. Urban CHAPTER 5 - GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID AND GLYCINE AS RETINAL NEUROTRANSMITTERS , Pages 107-110,110a,111-116,116a,116b,117-125 , Mary J. Voaden CHAPTER 6 - ACETYLCHOLINE AS A RETINAL TRANSMITTER SUBSTANCE , Pages 127-143 , Michael J. Neal CHAPTER 7 - BIOGENIC MONOAMINES AS TRANSMITTERS IN THE RETINA , Pages 145-148,148a,148b,148c,148d,149-152,152a,153-163 , B. Ehinger CHAPTER 8 - DOPAMINE IN RETINAL NEUROTRANSMISSION , Pages 165-188,188a,188b,189-190,190a,191-198 , Steven G. Kramer CHAPTER 9 - CHARACTERIZATION OF CATECHOLAMINE RECEPTORS IN RAT RETINA , Pages 199-204,204a,205-218 , J.S. Wassenaar, J. Korf CHAPTER 10 - NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND THE ISOLATED OPTIC TRACT-SUPERIOR COLLICULUS OF THE GUINEA PIG , Pages 219-227 , H. McILwain INDEX , Pages 229-232