Structure and Function of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule NCAM

1. Structural Biology of NCAM
Vladislav Soroka, Christina Kasper, Flemming M. Poulsen

2. Extracellular Protein Interactions Mediated by the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule, NCAM: Heterophilic Interactions Between NCAM and Cell Adhesion Molecules, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, and Viruses
Janne Nielsen, Nikolaj Kulahin, Peter S. Walmod

3. Intracelluar Ligands of NCAM
Bettina Büttner, Rüdiger Horstkorte

4. NCAM and the FGF-Receptor
Vladislav V. Kiselyov

5. The Role of ATP in the Regulation of NCAM Function
Martin V. Hübschmann, Galina Skladchikova

6. Polysialylation of NCAM
Herbert Hildebrandt, Martina Mühlenhoff, Rita Gerardy-Schahn

7. Structural Basis for the Polysialylation of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule
Karen J. Colley

8. The Role of PSA-NCAM in Adult Neurogenesis
Eduardo Gascon, Laszlo Vutskits, Jozsef Zoltan Kiss

9. Use of PSA-NCAM in Repair of the Central Nervous System
Abderrahman El Maarouf, Urs Rutishauser

10. Signaling Pathways Involved in NCAM-Induced Neurite Outgrowth
Dorte Kornerup Ditlevsen, Kateryna Kolkova

11. Role of the Growth-Associated Protein GAP-43 in NCAM-Mediated Neurite Outgrowth
Irina Korshunova, Mark Mosevitsky

12. The Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule NCAM and Lipid Rafts
Gro Klitgaard Povlsen, Dorte Kornerup Ditlevsen

13. The Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor: Signaling Crosstalk
Gro Klitgaard Povlsen

14. Biosynthesis of NCAM
Kateryna Kolkova

15. Soluble NCAM
Thomas Secher

16. Role of NCAM in Spine Dynamics and Synaptogenesis
D. Muller, P. Mendez, M. DeRoo, P. Klauser, S. Steen, L. Poglia

17. NCAM in Long-Term Potentiation and Learning
Barbara P. Hartz, Lars Christian B. Rønn

18. Role of NCAM in Emotion and Learning
Lisa Conboy, Reto Bisaz, Kamila Markram, Carmen Sandi

19. NCAM in Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Leann H. Brennaman, Patricia F. Maness

20. Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule in Cancer: Expression and Mechanisms
Silvia Zecchini, Ugo Cavallaro

21. NCAM Mimetic Peptides: An Update
Vladimir Berezin, Elisabeth Bock

22. Synthetic NCAM-Derived Ligands of the Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor
Stine Maria Hansen, Shizhong Li, Elisabeth Bock, Vladimir Berezin

23. Dendritic Spine and Synapse Morphological Alterations Induced by a Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Mimetic
Michael Stewart, Victor Popov, Nikolai Medvedev, Paul Gabbott, Nicola Corbett, Igor Kraev, Heather Davies

24. Fasciclin II: The NCAM Ortholog in Drosophila melanogaster

Lars V. Kristiansen, Michael Hortsch

25. The Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule NCAM2/OCAM/RNCAM, a Close Relative to NCAM
Nikolaj Kulahin, Peter S. Walmod

26. Honoring Dr. Elisabeth Bock
Vladimir Berezin

Avainsanat: Biomedicine, Neurosciences, Human Physiology, Neurobiology, Neurochemistry