GABA Outside the CNS

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

   PDF

2. GABA in the Peripheral Nervous System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

      PDF

   2. The Role of GABA in the Peripheral Nervous System

      • C. Tanaka, K. Taniyama

      Pages 3-17

   3. GABAergic Neurons in the Myenteric Plexus

      • K. R. Jessen

      Pages 19-27

   4. GABA and Gut Motility

      • D. I. B. Kerr, J. Ong

      Pages 29-44

   5. The GABAergic Innervation of Paravertebral Sympathetic Ganglia

      • J. R. Wolff, P. Kása, E. Dobó, Á. Párducz, F. Joó

      Pages 45-63

   6. L-Glutamate Decarboxylase Immunoreactivity in the Sympathoadrenal System

      • O. Häppölä, T. Karhula, H. Päivärinta, S. Soinila, J.-Y. Wu, M. Ahonen

      Pages 65-82

   7. GABAergic Action on Cholinergic Axon Terminals in the Superior Cervical Ganglion

      • P. Kása, E. Dobó, J. R. Wolff

      Pages 83-93

3. GABA in Non-Neural Tissues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

      PDF

   2. Non-Neuronal GABA Systems: An Overview

      • S. L. Erdö

      Pages 97-110

   3. GABA and Endocrine Cells of the Gastro-entero-pancreatic System: A Review

      • P. Gilon, C. Remacle

      Pages 111-132

   4. GABA and Diamine Oxidase Activity in the Gastrointestinal Mucosa: Possible Links

      • W. A. Fogel, S. L. Erdö

      Pages 133-142

   5. GABA and the Liver: The First 40 Years

      • G. Y. Minuk

      Pages 143-154

   6. GABA-Immunoreactive Structures in Rat Kidney

      • E. Dobó, Á. Párducz, J. R. Wolff, S. L. Erdö

      Pages 155-166

   7. GABAergic Mechanisms in Bovine Adrenal Chromaffin Cells: Their Role in the Regulation of Catecholamine Secretion

      • M. J. Oset-Gasque, E. Castro, M. P. Gonzalez

      Pages 167-181

   8. The GABAergic System in Human Female Genital Organs

      • Á. László, G. L. Nádasy, E. Monos, B. Zsolnai, S. L. Erdö

      Pages 183-197

   9. Neurotransmitter Amino Acids as Modulators of Biological Processes of Spermatozoa

      • H. K. Boldizsár, L. Wekerle, E. Vén, P. Sarlós, J. Barna

      Pages 199-211

4. Pharmacology and GABA Receptors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213

      PDF

   2. GABA Receptors Inside and Outside the Brain

      • N. G. Bowery

      Pages 215-232

   3. Autoradiographic Localization of Peripheral GABAA Receptors

      • W. L. Collier, M. Carlesimo, P. Napoleone, F. Amenta

      Pages 233-247

during the past few years increasing interest has been focused on the role of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) outside the central nervous systems (CNS).Biochemical, pharmacological, histochemical, physiological approaches have all been employed to investigate the role of GABA in themammalian periphery. The International Symposium on Peripheral GABAergic Mechanism held in Rome, July 1990, was devoted to gather scientists from allover the world in order to summarize and sythesize their most recent results and conceptions on the significance of GABA outside the CNS. Written in a thought-provoking style, this proceedings volume is an overviewof the timely knowledge about GABA in the peripheral nervous system and in non-neuronal tissues. Chapters of the book provide many examples for the diverse functions of this amino acid in the periphery as neurotransmitter, hormone, humoral or even trophic factor from the autonomic ganglia to the endocrine stomach and pancreas, from the tubular epithelium of the kidney to the spermatozoa.

• CNS
• GABA
• Gamma-Amino-Buttersäure
• Hormone
• brain
• kidney
• nervous system
• neurons
• neurotransmitter
• pharmacology

• Department of Anatomy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

  Sándor L. Erdö

Policies and ethics