Handbook of Neurochemistry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Neuropeptidases

   • Koon-Sea Hui, Abel Lajtha

   Pages 1-19

3. Proteinases

   • Marian Orlowski

   Pages 21-66

4. Aminotransferases

   • Sabit Gabay, Carolyn C. Clarke

   Pages 67-83

5. Deaminases and Amidases

   • Elling Kvamme

   Pages 85-110

6. Decarboxylases Brain Glutamate Decarboxylase as a Model

   • Jang-Yen Wu

   Pages 111-131

7. Hydroxylases

   • Donald M. Kuhn, Walter Lovenberg

   Pages 133-150

8. Hexokinase

   • John E. Wilson

   Pages 151-172

9. Transport ATPases

   • Joseph D. Robinson

   Pages 173-193

10. Protein Kinases and Phosphatases

    • Richard Rodnight

    Pages 195-217

11. The Synthesis of Acetylcholine

    • Stanislav Tuček

    Pages 219-249

12. Cholinesterases

    • Miro Brzin, Janez Sketelj, Biba Klinar

    Pages 251-292

13. Monoamine Oxidases

    • J. P. M. Finberg, M. B. H. Youdim

    Pages 293-313

14. Catalase, Glutathione Peroxidase, Superoxide Dismutase, and Cytochrome P-450

    • Gerald Cohen

    Pages 315-330

15. Cyclic Nucleotide Metabolism

    • Kenneth A. Bonnet

    Pages 331-366

16. Enzymes of Lipid Metabolism

    • G. Y. Sun

    Pages 367-383

17. Carbonic Anhydrase

    • Victor S. Sapirstein

    Pages 385-402

18. Enolase

    • Claire E. Zomzely-Neurath

    Pages 403-433

19. Myelin-Associated Enzymes

    • Marjorie B. Lees, Victor S. Sapirstein

    Pages 435-460

20. Multiple Forms of Enzymes

    • Leonid Pevzner

    Pages 461-491

This volume is concerned with the enzymes of the nervous system. Cerebral enzymes form the basis of the functional brain. They are needed for the control of the energetics of the nervous system, whether it be their release or their direction; for the elaboration of transmitters and for their destruction; for the synthesis, transport, and breakdown of all metabolites of the nervous system. They are indispensable for the control of the multitude of factors that govern our thinking and our behavior. They make it possible for us to comprehend what is taking place around us and perhaps to understand what may be in store for us. Enzymes are the stuff of life, and no living cell can be without them. They are the results of many millions of years of evolution, from the time when biological membranes first came into being and were folded to produce the first cells within which the earliest enzymes were wrought. Countless changes have taken place within them, so that, now, only those enzymes exist that play specific roles in the functions of the living cells of today. Those in the nervous system possess a mUltiple role: in the creation, maintenance, and ultimate breakdown of the component cells and in enabling consciousness, perception, memory, and thought to become possible. But though life may go on forever, the enzymes that make life possible will undergo the many changes involved in the evolutionary process.

• Hydra
• Nervous System
• cells
• metabolism
• perception

• Center for Neurochemistry, Rockland Research Institute, Wards Island, New York, USA

  Abel Lajtha

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