Neurohumoral Coding of Brain Function

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Molecular Correlates of Brain Function

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Role of γ-Aminobutyric Acid Metabolism in the Regulation of Cerebral Excitability

      • Ricardo Tapia

      Pages 3-26

   3. Biochemical Neuroanatomy of the Basal Ganglia

      • P. L. McGeer, H. C. Fibiger, T. Hattori, V. K. Singh, E. G. McGeer, L. Maler

      Pages 27-47

   4. Cyclic AMP and the Inhibition of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells by Noradrenergic Synapses

      • Floyd E. Bloom

      Pages 49-56

   5. Evidence for Cholinergic Transmission in the Cerebral Cortex

      • John W. Phillis

      Pages 57-77

3. Neurohumoral Mechanisms in Basic Physiologic Functions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Coding of Metabolic Information by Hepatic Glucoreceptors

      • Mauricio Russek, Sergio Grinstein

      Pages 81-97

   3. Neurochemical Mechanisms of Temperature Regulation and Food Ingestion

      • R. D. Myers

      Pages 99-114

   4. Functional Changes of Synapses

      • Victor Aleman, Alejandro Bayon, Jorge Molina

      Pages 115-124

   5. The Chemical Coding of Aggression in Brain

      • Donald J. Reis

      Pages 125-150

   6. Regulation of Hippocampal Information Processing By K+ Release and (K+)o Accumulation: Possible Role in Learning

      • Iván Izquierdo

      Pages 151-166

4. Neurohumoral Mechanisms in Behavioral Regulation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. Introduction to Session III

      • G. H. Hall

      Pages 169-170

   3. Modulatory Effects of Acetylcholine and Catecholamines in the Caudate Nucleus During Motor Conditioning

      • H. Brust-Carmona, R. Prado-Alcalá, J. Grinberg-Zylberbaum, J. Alvarez-Leefmans, I. Zarco Coronado

      Pages 171-187

   4. The Effects of Drugs and Electrical Stimulation of the Brain on Memory Storage Processes

      • James L. McGaugh, Paul E. Gold

      Pages 189-206

   5. Neuro-Humoral Coding of Sleep by the Physiological Sleep Factor Delta

      • M. Monnier, G. A. Schoenenberger

      Pages 207-232

   6. The Possible Nature of Sleep Inducing Brain Perfusates: Their Relationship to Seizure Inhibition

      • R. R. Drucker-Colin

      Pages 233-256

   7. 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid in Cerebrospinal Fluid During Wakefulness, Sleep and After Electrical Stimulation of Specific Brain Structures

      • Miodrag Radulovački

      Pages 257-271

   8. Modulation of Subcortical Inhibitory Mechanisms by Melatonin

      • Augusto Fernández-Guardiola, Fernando Antón-Tay

      Pages 273-287

It is indeed a pleasure to welcome all of you to this Inter­ national Symposium on the Neurohumoral coding of Brain Function. Many of you have undertaken a very long trip in order to cross swords with some of the most fascinating issues in all of the neurosciences. Of particular satisfaction in this instance is the geographical representation of the sciences with individuals here from Europe and the Americas - South, Central and North. As we do battle, so to speak, with each of the questions raised during the next several days, we should remember that the problems faced by each of our fields are exceptionally difficult. In a way, this difficulty stems from two related facts: (1) we are trying to construct a conceptual bridgework between one disci­ pline and another; and (2) the distance between the research fabric of any two of these disciplines is vast. It would probably not be unfair to say that a large number of scientists feel relatively contented in remaining within the bound­ aries of their own area of specialization. In a sense, that is certainly justifiable today primarily because of the intensity of such specialization. However, the participants of this symposium, who reflect some of the major thrusts in biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and psychology, have in the main chosen to explore the pathways that cross the interface between mind and body - be­ tween behavior and brain.

• anatomy
• biochemistry
• brain
• catecholamines
• cortex
• depression
• information processing
• nervous system
• neuroscience
• physiology

• Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

  R. D. Myers

• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., México

  René Raúl Drucker-Colín

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