Changing views of Cajal's neuron /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2002.
Description:xx, 506 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language:English
Series:Progress in brain research ; v. 136
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4693656
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Other authors / contributors:Azmitia, Efrain C.
Cajal Club.
Instituto Cajal.
Changing Views of Cajal's Neuron (2001 : Madrid, Spain)
ISBN:0444508155 (alk. paper)
Notes:Contains chapters contributed by the participants of the first joint Cajal Club and Cajal Institute International Meeting on "Changing views of Cajal's neuron" held in Madrid, Spain, between May 25-27, 2001"--P. viii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
  • Introduction
  • List of contributors
  • Section I.. Neuronal changes during development and evolution
  • 1.. Neuronal changes during development and evolution (an overview)
  • 2.. The chemotactic hypothesis of Cajal: a century behind
  • 3.. Neuronal changes during forebrain evolution in amniotes: an evolutionary development perspective
  • 4.. Life-long stability of neurons: a century of research on neurogenesis, neuronal death and neuron quantification in adult CNS
  • 5.. Interkinetic nuclear movement in the vertebrate neuroepithelium: encounters with an old acquaintance
  • 6.. The origin and migration of cortical neurons
  • Section II.. Inside the neuron: cytoskeleton, dendrites, and synapses
  • 7.. Inside the neuron: cytoskeleton, dendrites, and synapses (an overview)
  • 8.. Cajal's hypotheses on neurobiones and neurotropic factor match properties of microtubules and S-100[beta]
  • 9.. Changing views of Cajal's neuron: the case of the dendritic spine
  • 10.. Spine distribution in cortical pyramidal cells: a common organizational principle across species
  • 11.. Modification of dendritic development
  • 12.. Electron microscopic immunolabeling of transporters and receptors identifies transmitter-specific functional sites envisioned in Cajal's neuron
  • 13.. Synaptic and extrasynaptic GABA[subscript A] receptor and gephyrin clusters
  • Section III.. Character and function of specific neurons
  • 14.. Character and function of specific neurons: a Cajalian perspective
  • 15.. Neoreticularism and neuronal polarization
  • 16.. Changes in the views of neuronal connectivity and communication after Cajal: examples from the hippocampus
  • 17.. Cortical interneurons: from Cajal to 2001
  • 18.. Retinal neurons: cell types and coupled networks
  • 19.. Cajal and glial cells
  • Section IV.. Mechanisms of neuronal birth, growth and death
  • 20.. Mechanisms of neuronal birth, growth and death (an overview)
  • 21.. Evolving concepts of cortical radial and areal specification
  • 22.. The surface of the developing cerebral cortex: still special cells one century later
  • 23.. Vulnerability of monoaminergic neurons in the brainstem of the zitter rat in oxidative stress
  • 24.. CNS Schwann-like glia and functional restoration of damaged spinal cord
  • 25.. Neuroplasticity in the damaged dentate gyrus of the epileptic brain
  • Section V.. Complex connections and organization
  • 26.. Complex connections and organization (an overview)
  • 27.. Thalamic organization and function after Cajal
  • 28.. The modular organization of brain systems. Basal forebrain: the last frontier
  • 29.. Anatomical origins of the classical receptive field and modulatory surround field of single neurons in macaque visual cortical area V1
  • 30.. Static and dynamic views of visual cortical organization
  • 31.. Central control of information transmission through the intraspinal arborizations of sensory fibers examined 100 years after Ramon y Cajal
  • Section VI.. Functional circuits, mental diseases and brain aging
  • 32.. Functional circuits, mental diseases and brain aging (an overview)
  • 33.. The "psychic cell" of Ramon y Cajal
  • 34.. Cajal's prophetic functional considerations on respiratory reflexes: new questions about old answers
  • 35.. Serotonin brain circuits involved in major depression and suicide
  • 36.. Structural changes in the normally aging cerebral cortex of primates
  • 37.. Selective vulnerability of corticocortical and hippocampal circuits in aging and Alzheimer's disease
  • Subject Index