GABA

Highlighting the current developments and future directions in GABA research, the ambitious aim of this topical volume is to cover GABA from the molecular mechanisms of its transmission to new targets for pharmaceutical research. Distinguished scientists at the forefront of GABA research were invited to contribute reviews on glutamate decarboxylase and autoimmunity, molecular structure and functional regulation of GABA transporters, transmitter release and GABA receptor regulation, GABA receptor subtypes and functional regulation, and GABA receptor ligands and their therapeutic application. Describing the latest advances in what has become a rapidly-evolving field, this volume will prove immensely valuable to neuroscientists, pharmacologists, biochemists, and physiologists working in the field of GABA research.

Discusses current research about the inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain, in 36 papers from a July 1995 conference that was moved to Kyoto when the planned meeting venue in Kobe was destroyed by the earthquake. They cover glutamate decarboxylase and autoimmunity, the molecular structure and functional regulation of GABA transporters, transmitter release and receptor regulation, receptor subtypes and functional regulation, and receptor ligands and their therapeutic application. A special lecture also describes the establishment of GABA in Crustacean neuromuscular junctions and in the mammalian central nervous system. Reproduced from typescripts, many double spaced. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.