Format:
1 online resource (560 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9780128236734
Content:
Front Cover -- Synapse Development and Maturation: Comprehensive Developmental Neuroscience -- Synapse Development and Maturation: Comprehensive Developmental Neuroscience -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- I - Synaptogenesis -- 1 - Molecular composition of developing glutamatergic synapses -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Molecular composition of glutamatergic synapses -- 1.2.1 Presynaptic molecular composition -- 1.2.2 Postsynaptic molecular composition -- 1.2.3 Trans-synaptic cell adhesion molecules -- 1.2.4 Immune molecules -- 1.3 Cellular mechanisms of transport of molecules to developing synapses -- 1.3.1 Presynaptic proteins -- 1.3.1.1 Piccolo transport vesicles -- 1.3.1.2 Synaptic vesicle protein transport vesicles -- 1.3.2 Postsynaptic proteins -- 1.3.2.1 N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors -- 1.3.2.2 α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptors -- 1.3.2.3 Postsynaptic density-95 -- 1.3.2.4 Ion channels -- 1.3.2.5 Adhesion molecules -- 1.4 Final thoughts -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2 - In vivo imaging of synaptogenesis -- 2.1 Technological advances for in vivo imaging of synaptogenesis -- 2.2 In vivo analysis of synapse development in the neuromuscular junction -- 2.2.1 Background and methodology -- 2.2.2 Synaptogenesis mechanisms -- 2.3 Small vertebrate model systems: Xenopus and zebrafish -- 2.3.1 Background and methodology -- 2.3.2 Imaging synaptogenesis and morphogenesis in the developing spinal cord -- 2.3.3 Visual system development in fish and frogs -- 2.4 Visualizing synaptogenesis in mammals -- 2.4.1 Imaging axons, dendrites, and spines -- 2.4.2 Somatosensory development and plasticity -- 2.4.3 Synaptogenesis and plasticity in visual cortex -- 2.4.4 Imaging synaptogenesis in motor cortex -- 2.4.5 Integration of new neurons into olfactory circuitry.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780128236727
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780128236727
Language:
English
Keywords:
Synapse
;
Entwicklungspsychologie
;
Neurowissenschaften
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