Extrageniculostriate mechanisms underlying visually-guided orientation behavior /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1996. |
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| Description: | xiv, 447 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Progress in brain research. v. 112 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2610213 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section I.. The acetylcholine innervation of cerebral cortex
- 1.. Phylogenetic and ontogenetic aspects of the basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and their innervation of the cerebral cortex
- 2.. Structural determinants of the roles of acetylcholine in cerebral cortex
- 3.. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes in cerebral cortex and hippocampus
- 4.. The cholinergic innervation of the human cerebral cortex
- Section II.. Modes of action of acetylcholine in the cerebral cortex
- 5.. Synaptic mechanisms modulated by acetylcholine in cerebral cortex
- 6.. Functional and molecular characterization of neuronal nicotinic ACh receptors in rat hippocampal interneurons
- 7.. The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes and their function in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex
- 8.. Studies of muscarinic neurotransmission with antimuscarinic toxins
- Section III.. Cortical properties and functions modulated by acetylcholine
- 9.. Hyperactivation of developing cortical circuits by acetylcholine and the ontogeny of abnormal cognition and emotion: findings and hypothesis
- 10.. Synaptic mechanisms and cholinergic regulation in auditory cortex
- 11.. Activity, modulation and role of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons innervating the cerebral cortex
- 12.. Cholinergic modulation of the cortical microvascular bed
- 13.. Acetylcholine systems and rhythmic activities during the waking--sleep cycle
- 14.. Cholinergic mechanisms mediating anesthetic induced altered states of consciousness
- 15.. High acetylcholine levels set circuit dynamics for attention and encoding and low acetylcholine levels set dynamics for consolidation
- Section IV.. Clinical, pathological and therapeutic implications
- 16.. Knockout and knockin mice to investigate the role of nicotinic receptors in the central nervous system
- 17.. Nicotinic modulation of thalamocortical neurotransmission
- 18.. Amyloid [beta] peptides and central cholinergic neurons: functional interrelationship and relevance to Alzheimer's disease pathology
- 19.. Nicotinic receptor mutations in human epilepsy
- 20.. Neurochemistry of consciousness: cholinergic pathologies in the human brain
- 21.. Functional studies of cholinergic activity in normal and Alzheimer disease states by imaging technique
- 22.. Paying attention to acetylcholine: the key to wisdom and quality of life?
- Subject Index
