Cell Adhesion Molecules

Part I. Cell Adhesion Molecules Belonging to the Immunoglobulin Superfamily

1. Thy-1 Modulates Neurological Cell–Cell and Cell–Matrix Interactions Through Multiple Molecular Interactions
Lisette Leyton, James S. Hagood

2. The IgCAMs CAR, BT-IgSF, and CLMP: Structure, Function, and Diseases
Jadwiga Schreiber, Hanna Langhorst, René Jüttner, Fritz G. Rathjen

3. GLIALCAM, A Glial Cell Adhesion Molecule Implicated in Neurological Disease
Alejandro Barrallo-Gimeno, Raúl Estévez

4. The Neuroplastins: Multifunctional Neuronal Adhesion Molecules—Involvement in Behaviour and Disease
Philip Beesley, Michaela Kraus, Nathalie Parolaro

5. Roles of Nectins and Nectin-Like Molecules in the Nervous System
Masahiro Mori, Yoshiyuki Rikitake, Kenji Mandai, Yoshimi Takai

6. ICAM-5: A Neuronal Dendritic Adhesion Molecule Involved in Immune and Neuronal Functions
Carl G. Gahmberg, Lin Ning, Sonja Paetau

7. ROUNDABOUT Receptors
Athéna R. Ypsilanti, Alain Chedotal

8. New Insights into the Roles of the Contactin Cell Adhesion Molecules in Neural Development
Alma N. Mohebiany, Sheila Harroch, Samuel Bouyain

9. The L1 Family of Cell Adhesion Molecules: A Sickening Number of Mutations and Protein Functions
Michael Hortsch, Kakanahalli Nagaraj, Rula Mualla

10. Organisation and Control of Neuronal Connectivity and Myelination by Cell Adhesion Molecule Neurofascin
Julia Ebel, Simone Beuter, Jennifer Wuchter, Martin Kriebel, Hansjürgen Volkmer

11. Roles for DSCAM and DSCAML1 in Central Nervous System Development and Disease
María Luz Montesinos

Part II. Cell Adhesion Molecules Not Belonging to the Immunoglobulin Superfamily

12. The Adhesion Molecule Anosmin-1 in Neurology: Kallmann Syndrome and Beyond
Fernando Castro, Pedro F. Esteban, Ana Bribián, Verónica Murcia-Belmonte, Diego García-González, Diego Clemente

13. Protocadherins in Neurological Diseases
Takahiro Hirabayashi, Takeshi Yagi

14. Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules Belonging to the Family of Leucine-Rich Repeat Proteins
Malene Winther, Peter S. Walmod

Avainsanat: Biomedicine, Neurosciences, Human Physiology