Developmental Neurobiology of the Ear: Current Status and Future Directions -- The Induction of the Otic Placode -- Morphogenesis of the Inner Ear -- Wiring the Ear to the Brain: The Molecular Basis of Neurosensory Development, Differentiation, and Survival -- Notch Signaling and Cell Fate Determination in the Vertebrate Inner Ear -- The Differentiation of Hair Cells -- Developmental Genes Asso…
Dendritic Neurotransmitter Release, from Early Days to Today’S Challenges -- Dendritic Neurotransmitter Release, from Early Days to Today’S Challenges -- Morphological Studies of Dendrites and Dendritic Secretion -- Morphological Studies of Dendrites and Dendritic Secretion -- The Lifecycle of Secretory Vesicles: Implications for Dendritic Transmitter Release -- The Lifecycle of Secretory V…
Preface -- What is consciousness?- The Global Neuronal Workspace model. An introduction to information theory. The Shannon Coding Theorem. More heuristics: a 'tuning theorem'. The Shannon-McMillan Theorem. The Rate Distortion Theorem. Large deviations -- Fluctuations. The fundamental homology with statistical physics. Cognition as generalized language -- Theory. Two neural network examples. Int…
Biological Background -- Computational Foundations -- LISSOM: A Computational Map Model of V1 -- Development of Maps and Connections -- Understanding Plasticity -- Understanding Visual Performance: The Tilt Aftereffect -- HLISSOM: A Hierarchical Model -- Understanding Low-Level Development: Orientation Maps -- Understanding High-Level Development: Face Detection -- PGLISSOM: A Perceptual Groupi…
Cell Cycle Activation in Neurons -- Paved with Good Intentions -- The Role of Presenilins in the Cell Cycle and Apoptosis -- Cell Cycle Activation and Cell Death in the Nervous System -- Cell Cycle and Chromosome Segregation Defects in Alzheimer’s Disease -- Alzheimer Disease -- From Cell Cycle Activation to the Inhibition of the Wnt Pathway.Cell-Cycle Mechanisms and Neuronal Cell Death exami…
Transport in avian red cells -- The Balancing Act of the Naked Cell -- Electroneutral Cotransporters -- Twenty-Five Years of K-Cl Cotransport: From Stimulation by a Thiol Reaction to Cloning of the Full-Length KCCs -- Molecular Physiology of Mammalian K+-CL? Cotransporters -- STE20 Kinases and Cation-Chloride Cotransporters -- Molecular Physiology of the Renal Na+-Cl? and Na+-K+-2Cl? Cotranspor…
to Receptor Theory -- Characterization of Receptors Based on Receptor-Mediated Responses -- Identification of Receptors Using Direct Radioligand Binding Techniques -- Complex Binding Phenomena -- The Preparation and Study of Detergent-Solubilized Receptors -- Quantifying Cell Surface Receptor Binding and Turnover in Intact Cells.Cell Surface Receptors: A Short Course on Theory and Methods, 3rd …
Cannabis in India: ancient lore and modern medicine -- Cannabinoid chemistry: an overview -- Cannabidiol as a potential medicine -- Endocannabinoids and regulation of fertility -- Cannabinoids in neurodegeneration and neuroprotection -- Role of the endocannabinoid system in learning and memory -- Cannabinoids and anxiety -- Cannabinoid targets for pain therapeutics -- Potential use of cannabimi…
Pharmacological Actions of Cannabinoids -- Cannabinoid Receptor Signaling -- Molecular Biology of Cannabinoid Receptors -- Analysis of the Endocannabinoid System by Using CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Knockout Mice -- The Biosynthesis, Fate and Pharmacological Properties of Endocannabinoids -- Modulators of Endocannabinoid Enzymic Hydrolysis and Membrane Transport -- Structural Requirements for Cann…
Changing Concepts of Mechanisms of Waking and Sleep States -- Methodology of Morphological and Physiological Substrates Underlying States of Vigilance -- Afferent and Efferent Connections of Brainstem and Forebrain Modulatory Systems -- Neuronal Circuits in the Thalamus, Neocortex, and Hippocampus, Targets of Diffuse Modulatory Systems -- Intrinsic Electrophysiological Properties of Brainstem a…