Cholinergic Mechanisms and Psychopharmacology

Cholinergic Receptors.- The Binding of Acetylcholine to Its Nicotinic Receptor.- Correlation between the Binding Properties and Pharmacological Responses on Muscarinic Receptors.- Biochemical Characterization of Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptors in Huntington’s Disease.- Characterization of Presynaptic Muscarinic Receptors in Central Cholinergic Neurons.- Are There Two forms of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors.- Immunofluorescence Analysis of Surface Acetylcholine Receptors on Muscle: Modulation by Auto-Antibodies.- Chemistry, Histochemistry & Enzymology.- Recent Advances in Histochemical Techniques for the Study of Central Cholinergic Mechanisms.- Histochemical and Pharmacological Evidence of the Function of Butyrylcholinesterase.- Estimation of Acetylcholine and the Dynamics of Its Metabolism.- Radioimmunoassay for Acetylcholine.- Microwave Fixation for the Study of acetylcholine Metabolism.- Acetylcholine and Choline in Human Plasma and Red Blood Cells: A Gas Chromatographic Mass Spectrometric Evaluation.- Studies on the Mechanism of Action of Choline Acetyltransferase.- Activation of Choline Acetyltransferase by Chloride: A Possible Regulator Mechanism.- Comparative Immunochemistry of Mammalian Brain and Eel Electric Tissue Acetylcholinesterases.- Constituents of Acetylcholinesterase.- Structure of Acetylcholinesterase: Its Relationship to the Postsynaptic Membrane.- Cyclic Nucleotides & Cholinergic Mechanisms.- If Cyclic GMP is a Neuronal Second messenger what is the Message.- Acetylcholine and Cyclic GMP.- Control of Nuclear Function in Chromaffin Cells by Persistent Activation of Nicotinic Receptors.- Muscarinic Stimulation and CGMP Synthesis in the Nervous System.- Storage, Compartmentation & Release of Acetylcholine.- The Present Status of the VesicleHypothesis.- The Electromotor System of Torpedo as a Model Cholinergic System.- The Endocytotic Role of Vesicles at the Cholinergic Synapse.- Nerve Terminal Sacs from Torpedo Electric Organ: A New Preparation for the Study of Presynaptic Cholinergic Mechanisms at the Molecular Level.- Acetylcholine Compartments in Frog Muscle.- Acetylcholine Mediated Axon-Schwann Cell Relationships in the Squid Nerve Fiber.- Muscarinic Modulation of Acetylcholine Release from the Myenteric Plexus of the Guinea Pig Intestine.- Regulatory Mechanisms in Acetylcholine Metabolism.- Source of the Acetyl Group in Acetylcholine.- The Source of Choline for Acetylcholine Synthesis.- Characteristics and Significance of Sodium-Dependent, High Affinity Choline Uptake.- Factors Affecting Choline Uptake by Ganglia and the Relationship between Choline Uptake and Acetylcholine Synthesis.- Studies on Substrates, Inhibitors and Modifiers on the High Affinity Choline Transport-Acetylation System Present in Rat Brain Synaptosomes.- Control of Acetylcholine Synthesis in Motor Nerve Terminals.- Pyruvate Utilization, Choline Uptake and Acetylcholine Synthesis.- Regulation of Acetylcholine Synthesis in Rat Brain.- Effect of Choline on Cholinergic Function.- Uptake of Choline in Nerve Cell Cultures: Correlation with the Endogenous Pool of Choline.- Modulation of Acetylcholine Metabolism.- Endogenous Modulators of Acetylcholine Turnover Rate.- Effects of Polypeptide Neurotoxins on Acetylcholine Storage and Release.- Presynaptic Modulation by Norepinephrine and Dopamine of Acetylcholine Release in the Peripheral and Central Nervous System.- Drug Stimulation of Acetylcholine output from the Cerebral Cortex.- Pharmacological Evidence for a Serotoninergic-Cholinergic Link in the Striatum.- Modulation of Acetylcholine Turnover in Brain Regions.- Effect of Atropine on Acetylcholine Metabolism in the Mouse Brain.- The Uptake of Acetylpyrrolidinecholine — A False Cholinergic Transmitter — Into Mammalian Cerebral Cortical Synaptic Vesicles.- Effects of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on Regional Brain Acetylcholine.- Behavioral & Clinical Manifestations of Cholinergic Function & Dysfunction.- Exploitable Aspects of Central Cholinergic Functions, Particularly With Respect to the Eeg, Motor, Analgesic and Mental Functions.- Cholinergic Substrates of Behavior.- Central Cholinergic Dysfunctions in Man: Clinical Manifestations and Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment.- Plasma Choline in Healthy Subjects and in Huntington’s Chorea Patients on High Oral Doses of Choline Chloride.- Cholinergic Dysfunction in Mania and Movement Diseases.- Cholinergic Modulation of Sleep, Growth Hormone and Analgesia in Normal Volunteers.- Cholinergic Systems and Disorders of Carbohydrate Catabolism.- Cholinergic Mechanisms in Schizophrenia, Mania, and Depression.- Physostigmine in the Treatment of Drug Overdose.- Participant List.- Contributor Index.- Author Index.