Principles of Medical Biology

Outline of mammalian neuroanatomy, M. Behan; the fine structure and metabolism of the nervous system, L. and T. Hertz; neuronal-glial interactions, L. and T. Hertz; electrical excitability, C.U.M. Smith; synaptic transmission, C.U.M. Smith; principles of computational neuroscience, W. Lytton; molecular determinants of neuronal connectivity, M.S. Fazeli; long term potentiation - a candidate for memory formation, F. Edwards and J. Bekkers; neuroactive steroid modulators of CNS excitability, A.L. Morrow and R.H. Purdy; the renin-angiotensin system in the brain, M. Ian Phillips; the biology of hearing, J. Pickles; cellular and molecular mechanisms of olfaction, D. Restrepo and N.E. Rawson; mechanisms of taste reception, J. Teeter; the cellular and molecular basis of vision, H. Saibil; the biology of the eye lens, J.F. Hejtmancik and Joram Piatigorsky; anion transport across ocular epithelia, S.A. Hodson and C. Wigham; the biology of the cornea, J. Fischbarg; cellular generation of behaviour, C.R. McCrohan; memory and learning, T.W. Abrams; the sleep-wake cycle and its regulation, J.M. Krueger; temperature regulation, C.M. Blatteis; physiological control of the cerebral circulation, L. Edvinsson; the blood-brain barrier, H. Hillman; concepts of intracranial pressure and volume, D.A. Bruce; cortical control of movement, J. Ashe; characteristics of axonal transport, S. Ochs; disorders of axonal transport, S. Ochs; the cell biology of the motor neuron, S.H. Pasternak and N.R. Cashman; spinal reflexes, M.A. Nordstrom and P.D. Thompson; the neuromuscular junction, C.U.M. Smith; disorders of the neuromuscular junction, D.B. Sanders; peripheral polyneuropathy, B. Lotz; the autonomic nervous system, T. Smith; autonomic nerve dysfunction, M. Hersch and J.G. McLeod; eye movements and the vestibular system, J.L. Johnstone; seizures and epilepsies, J. Buchhalter and R.J. Konkel; Parkinsoniam, P.K. Sonsalla; the biology of demyelination - mechanism in the mammalian nervous system, N.L. Banik and E. Hogan; the biology of demyelination - mechanism of myelinolysis, N.L. Banik and E. Hogan; motor neuron disease, M.B. Bromberg and G. Tennekoon; immune-mediated neuropathies associated with serum autoantibodies and antiglycolipid antibodies, A.J. Kornberg and A. Pestronk; prions as causative agents of neurogenerative diseases, R. Kozma; future directions for research of Alzheimer's disease, M.P. Mattson; mechanisms of oxidative brain damage, R.A. Floyd; the biology of head injury, G. Getting and M.R. Bullock; the biology of acute ischaemic injury, D.G. Grosset; circulatory disorders of the brain and thromboembolic therapy, D.G. Grosset; excitotoxicity in pathogenesis, P.R. Dodd; stupor and coma, J.C.M. Brust; mental retardation, A.L. Prensky and A.J. Kornberg; the biology and management of acute pain, C.J. Glynn; opioid analgesics and antagonists, M. Bansinath and K. Ramabadran; nerve growth and transplantation, M.H. Tuszynski and F. Gage; important (Part contents)