Basic Neurochemistry: Principles of Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Neurobiology

Basic Neurochemistry, Eighth Edition, is the updated version of the outstanding and comprehensive classic text on neurochemistry. For more than forty years, this text has been the worldwide standard for information on the biochemistry of the nervous system, serving as a resource for postgraduate trainees and teachers in neurology, psychiatry, and basic neuroscience, as well as for medical, graduate, and postgraduate students and instructors in the neurosciences.

The text has evolved, as intended, with the science. This new edition continues to cover the basics of neurochemistry as in the earlier editions, along with expanded and additional coverage of new research from intracellular trafficking, stem cells, adult neurogenesis, regeneration, and lipid messengers. It contains expanded coverage of all major neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, including the neurochemistry of addiction, pain, and hearing and balance; the neurobiology of learning and memory; sleep; myelin structure, development, and disease; autism; and neuroimmunology.

Completely updated text with new authors and material, and many entirely new chaptersOver 400 fully revised figures in splendid color61 chapters covering the range of cellular, molecular and medical neuroscienceTranslational science boxes emphasizing the connections between basic and clinical neuroscienceCompanion website at http://elsevierdirect.com/companions/9780123749475

Part I: Cellular Neurochemistry and Neural Membranes Cell Biology of the Nervous System Cell Membrane Structures and Functions Membrane Transport Electrical Excitability and Ion Channels Lipids The Cytoskeleton of Neurons and Glia Intracellular Trafficking Axonal Transport Cell Adhesion Molecules Myelin Structure and Biochemistry Energy Metabolism of the Brain

PART II: Intercellular Signaling Synaptic Transmission and Cellular Signaling: An Overview Acetylcholine Catecholamines Serotonin Histamine Glutamate and Glutamate Receptors GABA Purinergic Signaling Peptides

PART III: Intracellular Signaling G Proteins Cyclic Nucleotides in the Nervous System Phosphoinositides Calcium Serine and Threonine Phosphorylation Tyrosine Phosphorylation Transcription Factors in the Central Nervous System

PART IV: Growth, Development and Differentiation Development of the Nervous System Growth Factors Stem Cells in the Nervous System Formation and Maintenance of Myelin Axonal Growth in the Adult Mammalian Nervous System

PART V: Cell Injury and Inflammation Molecular Mechanisms and Consequences of Immune and Nervous System Reactions Neuroinflammation Brain Ischemia and Reperfusion: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Stroke Injury Lipid Mediators: Eicosanoids, Docosanoids and Platelet-Activating Factor Apoptosis and Necrosis

PART VI: Inherited and Neurodegenerative Diseases Peripheral Neuropathy Diseases Involving Myelin The Epilepsies: Phenotypes and Mechanisms Genetics of Neurodegenerative Diseases Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism Inborn Metabolic Defects of Lysosomes, Peroxisomes, Carbohydrates, and Fatty Acids and Mitochondria Disorders of Muscle Excitability Motor Neuron Diseases Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease Synucleinopathies and Tauopathies Cellular and Molecular Basis of Neurodegeneration in the CAG-Polyglutamine Repeat Diseases Neurotransmitters and Disorders of the Basal Ganglia Molecular Basis of Prion Diseases

PART VII: Sensory Transduction Molecular Biology of Vision Molecular Biology of Olfaction and Taste Molecular Biology of Hearing and Balance Pain

PART VIII: Neural Processing and Behavior Endocrine Effects on the Brain and Their Relationship to Behavior Learning and Memory The Neurochemistry of Sleep and Wakefulness The Neurochemistry of Schizophrenia The Neurochemistry of Autism Neurobiology of Severe Mood and Anxiety Disorders Addiction