Structural And Functional Organization Of The Synapse

1. Diversity in Synapse Structure and Composition
Johannes W. Hell, Michael D. Ehlers

2. The Role of Glutamate Transporters in Synaptic Transmission
Dwight E. Bergles, Robert H. Edwards

3. Structure and Function of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Active Zones
Craig C. Garner, Kang Shen

4. Neurotransmitter Release Machinery: Components of the Neuronal SNARE Complex and Their Function
Deniz Atasoy, Ege T. Kavalali

5. The Molecular Machinery for Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis
Peter S. McPherson, Brigitte Ritter, George J. Augustine

6. Initiation and Regulation of Synaptic Transmission by Presynaptic Calcium Channel Signaling Complexes
Zu-Hang Sheng, Amy Lee, William A. Catterall

7. Adhesion Molecules at the Synapse
Alaa El-Husseini

8. Dendritic Organelles for Postsynaptic Trafficking
Cyril Hanus, Michael D. Ehlers

9. Structure and Mechanism of Action of AMPA and Kainate Receptors
Mark L. Mayer

10. Cellular Biology of AMPA Receptor Trafficking and Synaptic Plasticity
José A. Esteban

11. Structure and Function of the NMDA Receptor
Hongjie Yuan, Matthew T. Geballe, Kasper B. Hansen, Stephen F. Traynelis

12. Molecular Properties and Cell Biology of the NMDA Receptor
Robert J. Wenthold, Rana A. Al-Hallaq, Catherine Croft Swanwick, Ronald S. Petralia

13. Surface Trafficking of Membrane Proteins at Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses
Daniel Choquet, Antoine Triller

14. Scaffold Proteins in the Postsynaptic Density
Mary B. Kennedy, Edoardo Marcora, Holly J. Carlisle

15. Ca2+ Signaling in Dendritic Spines
Bernardo L. Sabatini, Karel Svoboda

16. Postsynaptic Targeting of Protein Kinases and Phosphatases
Stefan Strack, Johannes W. Hell

17. Long-Term Potentiation
John E. Lisman, Johannes W. Hell

18. Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity
Gina Turrigiano

19. Ubiquitin and Protein Degradation in Synapse Function
Thomas D. Helton, Michael D. Ehlers

20. Signaling from Synapse to Nucleus
Carrie L. Heusner, Kelsey C. Martin

21. Molecular Organization of the Postsynaptic Membrane at Inhibitory Synapses
I. Lorena Arancibia-Carcamo, Antoine Triller, Josef T. Kittler

22. Acid-Sensing Ion Channels (ASICs) and pH in Synapse Physiology
John A. Wemmie, Xiang-ming Zha, Michael J. Welsh

23. Glia as Active Participants in the Development and Function of Synapses
Cagla Eroglu, Ben A. Barres, Beth Stevens

24. Plasticity of Dentate Granule Cell Mossy Fiber Synapses: A Putative Mechanism of Limbic Epileptogenesis
James O. McNamara, Yang Z. Huang, Enhui Pan

25. Stroke – A Synaptic Perspective
Robert Meller, Roger P. Simon

26. Introduction and Pathological Pain
Michael W. Salter

Keywords: Biomedicine, Neurosciences, Neurobiology, Neurology