Overview
Addresses the timely topic of co-release of neurotransmitters
Will contribute to a change in perspective on this issue in the face of the converging evidence provided by research on completely different systems
Should contribute to a re-consideration of this idea in other brain regions
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Dale's Principle postulated that a neuron functions as a metabolic unit, whereby a process occurring in the cell can influence all of the compartments of that given neuron. This was unfortunately transformed in the literature to a principle stating that “a single cell releases only one neurotransmitter”. Until recently, this has influenced many neuroscientists to consider with skepticism the idea that classical neurotransmitters could be co-released from neurons.
It is now clear that the “one neuron, one neurotransmitter” postulate is the exception rather than the rule. The aim of this book is to gather the available evidence, provided by the authors that have discovered and studied the co-existence or co-release of several pairs of neurotransmitters, in several neural networks. It will provide a timely overview of a mechanism of neural communication that is likely to attract increasing attention of the neuroscientific community.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Co-Existence and Co-Release of Classical Neurotransmitters
Book Subtitle: Ex uno plures
Editors: Rafael Gutierrez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09622-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-09621-6Published: 04 December 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3498-7Published: 08 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-09622-3Published: 16 December 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 236
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences, Neurobiology, Neurology, Psychopharmacology, Psychiatry