Neurotransmission

Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Pharmacology

Liisa Ahtee

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780080205403
• eBook ISBN: 9781483157757
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Pharmacology

Neurotransmission is the second volume of the proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Pharmacology, organized by the Finnish Pharmacological Society and held in Helsinki, Finland, on July 20-25, 1975. The papers focus on the developments in neurotransmission and cover topics ranging from novel transmitter substances and extraneuronal uptake of catecholamines to axonal transport mechanisms and nerve growth factor. This volume has 28 chapters divided into five sections. After discussing the possible functional role of certain tryptaminergic pathways, this book turns its attention to the metabolism of endogenous noradrenaline, with emphasis on the role of 3, 4-dihydroxyphenylglycol (DOPEG). The chapters that follow focus on amino acids as possible neurotransmitters, including histamine and glutamate. This text discusses as well the mechanisms underlying extraneuronal amine uptake and metabolism in the salivary glands; the effect of oxytetracycline on the responses of various tissue preparations to added noradrenaline and to field stimulation; and how axoplasmic transport is blocked by pharmacological agents. This book will be of interest to scientists representing all the major areas of pharmacology, including clinical pharmacology and toxicology, as well as interdisciplinary areas related to physiology, biochemistry, and endocrinology. Many of the topics will also appeal to internists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and anaesthesiologists.

Contents of Volumes 1–6

VOLUME 1 RECEPTORS AND CELLULAR PHARMACOLOGY

Invited lectures

J.W. BLACK

Histamine receptors

P. LECHAT

Pharmacological investigations on cells in culture

D.A. KHARKEVICH

Hydrophobic properties of the neuromuscular blocking agents

Toxins as tools in receptor studies

C.C. CHANG and C.Y. LEE

Snake toxins as tools to study cholinergic receptors: junctional and

extrajunctional acetylcholine receptors in skeletal muscle

Z. VOGEL and M.P. DANIELS

The acetylcholine receptor of intact and cultured chicken retina cells

J.E. WARNICK, E.X. ALBUQUERQUE, A.J. LAPA, J. DALY and B. WITKOP

Actions of neurotoxins on the acetylcholine receptor-ionic conductance

modulator unit and on sodium channels

E.A. BARNARD and J.O. DOLLY

Situation, purification and properties of acetylcholine receptors of mammalian striated muscle

M.A. RAFTERY, J. DEUTSCH, K. REED, R. VANDLEN and T. LEE

Studies of the nicotine acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica electroplax

T. NARAHASHI

Toxins as tools in the study of ionic channels of nerve membranes

Membrane receptors: isolation and characterization

S.J. ENNA and S.H. SNYDER

Biochemical assays for neurotransmitter receptors in the brain: focus on γ- aminobutyric acid

S. JARD, J. BOCKAERT, D. BUTLEN, R. RAJERISON and C. ROY

Vasopressin-sensitive adenylate cyclase from the mammalian kidney

B. DESBUQUOIS

Glucagon, VIP and secretin receptors

P.B. MOLINOFF, B.B. WOLFE and T.K. HARDEN

The use of radiolabeled ligands to study β- adrenergic receptors

L. TERENIUS

Opiate receptors and their ligands

J.-P. CHANGEUX

Some functional properties of the cholinergic receptor protein from fish electric organ in its purified, membrane-bound and reassociated states

Cyclic nucleotides as mediators of drug action

E. WESTERMANN

Cyclic nucleotides as mediators of drug action - opening remarks

G.A. ROBISON

Cyclic nucleotides as mediators of drug action

M.A. KIRCHBERGER, M. TADA and A.M. KATZ

Mechanism of the relaxation-promoting effects of epinephrine on the mammalian heart

G. SCHULTZ, J.G. HARDMAN and L. HURWITZ

Cyclic nucleotides and smooth muscle function

M.J. BERRIDGE

The role of cyclic nucleotides and calcium in the control of secretion

H.R. BOURNE, P. COFFINO, J. HOCHMAN, P.A. INSEL, P. JONES, K.L. MELMON and G.M. TOMKINS

Genetic and functional studies of the cyclic AMP receptor in a cultured mammalian cell

W.R. KUKOVETZ

Concluding remarks - cyclic nucleotides as mediators of drug action

VOLUME 2 NEUROTRANSMISSION

Invited lectures

M. VOGT

Tryptaminergic neurotransmission

S.Z. LANGER, M.B. FARAH, M.A. LUCHELLI-FORTIS, E. ADLER-GRASCHINSKY and E.J. FILINGER

Metabolism of endogenous noradrenaline

Novel transmitter substances

L.L. IVERSEN

Symposium on novel transmitter substances - chairman’s introduction

M. OTSUKA

Hypothalamic Substance P as a candidate for the sensory transmitter of spinal dorsal root fibers

G. BURNSTOCK

ATP and purinergic transmission

F.L. MARGOLIS, D. FERRIERO and J. HARDING

Carnosine (β-alanyl-L-histidine) in the olfactory nerv...

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Inside Front Cover
• Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Pharmacology
• Copyright
• List of authors
• Preface
• Invited lectures
• Novel transmitter substances
• Extraneuronal uptake of catecholamines
• Axonal transport mechanisms
• Nerve growth factor
• Contents of Volumes 1–6
• Subject Index