About the Book
The contributions in this book span several disciplines and even cross between the wide areas of basal ganglia research which were chosen as topics. This text is a scientific work, describing the topics clearly and with vision. Themes of current interest in the basal ganglia are discussed in full and with illustrations. Not only the "basalgangliophile", but also the neuroanatomist, neurobiologist, neurologist and electrophysiologist should find some important questions answered. Tools are provided, with which to tackle the remaining questions, and tried for size on basal ganglia systems.
Table of Contents:
Part 1 The Sources of the Signals: The cellular framework for chemical signalling in the nucleus accumbens, G.E. Meredith, C.M.A. Pennartz, H.J. Groenewegen; Cholinergic neurons of the rat and primate striatum are morphologically different, J. Yelnik, G. Percheron, C. Francois, A. Garnier; In vivo studies of the postnatal development of rat neostriatal neurons, J. Tepper, F. Trent; GABAergic circuits of the striatum, H. Kita; Convergence of synaptic terminals from the striatum and the globus pallidus onto single neurones in the substantia nigra and the entopeduncular nucleus, J.P. Bolam, Y. Smith, C.A. Ingham, M. von Krosigk, A.D. Smith; Striatal and subthalamic afferents to the primate pallidus - interactions between two opposite chemospecific neuronal systems, L.-N. Hazrati, A. Parent; The distribution of GABAA-benzo-diazepine receptors in the basal ganglia in Huntington's disease and in the quinolinic acid lesioned rat, R.L.M. Faull, H.J. Waldvogel, L.F.B. Nicholson, B.J.L. Synek; Chemical signalling in the basal ganglia in parkinsonism, J. Brotchie, A. Crossman, I. Mitchell, C. Carroll, A. Cooper, N. Hughes, Y Manuef. Part 2 The Genetic Control of Signalling: Regulation of glutamic acid decarboxylase gene expression in efferent neurons of the basal ganglia, M.-F. Chesselet, M. Mercugliano, J.-J. Soghomonian, P. Salin, Y. Quin, C. Gonzales; Chemical signalling and striatal interneurons, P.C. Emson, S.J. Augood, R. Senaris G. Guevra Guzman, J. Kishimoto, K. Kadowaki, P. Norris, K.M. Kendrick; Dopamine receptors - structure and function, P.G. Strange; Neuroleptics and striatal neuropeptide gene expression, S.J. Augood, K. Westmore, R.L.M. Faull, P.C. Emson; Neurochemically specialized projection neurons of the striatum respond differentially to psychomotor stimulants, S. Berretta, H.A. Robertson, A.M. Graybiel; Functionally selective neurochemical afferents and efferents of the mesocorticolimbic and nigrostriatal dopamine system, M. Amalric, G.F. Koob; Reward-related activity in monkey striatum and substantia nigra, W. Schultz, P. Apicella, T. Ljungberg, R. Romo, E. Scarnati; The organization of somatosensory activity in dorsolateral striatum of the rat, L.L. Brown, S.M.. Feldman; Neurotransmitter receptors and ionic conductances regulating the activity of neurones in substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral tegmental area, M.G. Lacey; The generation of natural firing patterns in neostriatal neurons, C.J. Wilson; Chemical modulation of synaptic transmission in the striatum, P. Calabresi, N.B. Mercuri, G. Bernardi; D1 and D2 dopamine receptor modulation of sodium and potassium currents in rat neostriatal neurons, D.J. Surmeier, S.T. Kitai; The corticostriatal system on computer simulation - an intermediate mechanism for sequencing of actions, J.R. Wickens, G.W. Arbuthnott; The thorny problem of what dopamine does in psychiatric disease, G.W. Arbuthnott, C.A. Ingham.
