Neurotox '91 Molecular Basis of Drug & Pesticide Action /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
1992.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1992. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2898-8 |
Table of Contents:
- Section 1 Natural Products
- 1 Philanthotoxin-433 and Analogs, Noncompetitive Antagonists of Glutamate and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
- 2 Spider Neurotoxins as Tools for the Investigation of Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission
- 3 Probing Calcium Channels with Venom Toxins
- 4 Conus Peptides and Biotechnology
- 5 Natural and Synthetic Toxins at Insect Receptors and Ion Channels: The Search for Insecticide Leads and Target Sites
- 6 Avermectins: Idiosyncratic Toxicity in a Subpopulation of Collie Dogs
- Section 2 Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Insects and Nematodes
- 7 The GABA Activated Cl- Channel in Insects as Target for Insecticide Action: A Physiological Study
- 8 Pharmacology of the Ascaris Nervous System
- 9 Chemical Intercellular Signalling Mechanisms in the Nervous System of the Nematode Ascaris suum: Potential Sites of Actions of New Generations of Anthelmintic Drugs
- 10 The Peptidergic Neuron: Possible New Molecular Targets
- Section 3 Applications of Molecular Biology
- 11 Cloning Nematode Acetylcholine Receptor Genes
- 12 The Molecular Biology of Potassium Channels and Mutations that Alter the Selectivity of the Pore
- 13 FMRFamide-Related Peptides: Organisation and Expression of the Gene in the Snail Lymnaea
- 14 Expression of Neurotransmitter Receptors in Insect Cells Using Baculovirus Vectors
- 15 Functional Expression in Xenopus Oocytes of Invertebrate Ligand-Gated Ion Channels
- Section 4 Molecular Structure
- 16 NMR Approaches to Protein Structure and Function
- 17 From Molecular Biology to Molecular Modelling: The Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
- Section 5 Resistance Mechanisms
- 18 Mechanisms of Resistance to Pyrethroids and DDT in a Japanese Strain of the Housefly
- 19 Isolation of Insect Genes Coding for Voltage-Sensitive Sodium Channels and Ligand-Gated Chloride Channels by PCR-Based Homology Probing
- 20 Cloning of an Invertebrate GAB A Receptor from the Cyclodiene Resistance Locus in Drosophila
- Section 6 Neuronal Networks and Behaviour
- 21 Integration in Neuronal Networks that Control Movement
- 22 Neuromodulation of Small Neural Networks in Crustacea
- 23 Olfaction in Manduca sexta: Cellular Mechanisms of Responses to Sex Pheromone
- 24 Molecular Determinants of Pheromone Activity
- Epilogue: P. N. R. Usherwood
- Author Index.