Biology of the NMDA receptor / edited by Antonius M. VanDongen. — Boca Raton, Fla. : London : CRC ; Taylor & Francis [distributor], c2009. – (59.59/B615b)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface
    About the Editor
    Contributors
    Chapter 1 NMDA Receptors and Brain Development 1
    Chapter 2 NMDA Receptors and Huntington's Disease 17
    Chapter 3 NMDA and Dopamine: Diverse Mechanisms Applied to Interacting Receptor Systems
    Chapter 4 The NMDA Receptor and Alcohol Addiction 59
    Chapter 5 Transcriptional Regulation of NMDA Receptor Expression 79
    Chapter 6 NMDA Receptors and Translational Control 103
    Chapter 7 Regulation of NMDA Receptors by Kinases and Phosphatases 123
    Chapter 8 Trafficking and Targeting of NMDA Receptors 149
    Chapter 9 NMDA Receptor-Mediated Calcium Transients in Dendritic Spines 201
    Chapter 10 NMDA Receptors in Drosophila 213
    Chapter 11 Extracellular Modulation of NMDA Receptors
    Chapter 12 Pharmacology of NMDA Receptors
    Chapter 13 Activation Mechanisms of the NMDA Receptor 283
    Chapter 14 Presynaptic NMDA Receptors 313
    Index