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. Ed(S): Monaghan, Daniel; Wenthold, Robert - The Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors - 9781461284420 - V9781461284420
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The Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors

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Description for The Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors paperback. Editor(s): Monaghan, Daniel; Wenthold, Robert. Series: The Receptors. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 565.
The field of the excitatory amino acids was born when L-glutamate and L-aspartate were found to be potent convulsants (Hayashi, 1954), and were subsequently found to excite neurons directly (Curtis, Phillis, and Watkins, 1959). Although these studies initiated the hypothesis of glutamate-mediated neurotransmission, it was noted that the ubiquitous actions of glutamate could also reflect a general, nonspecific property of glutamate on neuronal mem- branes. It was not until 20 years later that pharmacological, physiological, and biochemical studies provided convincing evidence for a neurotransmitter role for glutamate in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). With the critical demonstration that the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Humana United States
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
Series
The Receptors
Number of Pages
379
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781461284420
SKU
V9781461284420
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Reviews for The Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors
...will be an important reference...Each chapter is worth reading in its entirety, and each provides a solid groundingin the state of research to this point...will help [to] guide us over the next six years. - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

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