Molecular Basis of Nerve Activity

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- Symposium Guests of Honour -- Symposium activities -- ON DAVID NACHMANSOHN'S RELATIONSHIP TO BERLIN / Herken, H. -- CONTENTS -- David Nachmansohn (1899-1983): a pioneer of neurochemistry / Changeux, Jean-Pierre -- I. THE MOTOR ENDPLATE AND PRESYNAPTIC MECHANISMS -- REMODELLING OF NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS DURING REPAIR OF MUSCLE FIBRES / Couteaux, R. / Mira, J.-C. -- INTERMITTENT, CALCIUM INDEPENDENT RELEASE OF ACETYLCHOLINE FROM MOTOR NERVE TERMINALS / Thesleff, S. -- PROSTAGLANDINS MEDIATE THE MUSCARINIC INHIBITION OF ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE FROM TORPEDO NERVE TERMINALS / Pinchasi, I. / Burstein, M. / Michaelson, D. M. -- MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE / Israël, M. / Morel, N. / Birman, S. / Lesbats, B. / Manaranche, R. -- ADENOSINE-5'-TRIPHOSPHATE AT THE CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE: A CO-TRANSMITTER? / Zimmermann, H. / Grondai, E. J. M. -- SOLUBILIZATION, AFFINITY LABELLING AND PURIFICATION OF THE DIHYDROPYRIDINE RECEPTOR OF THE VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL FROM RABBIT SKELETAL MUSCLE TRANSVERSE TUBULE MEMBRANES / Borsotto, M. / Barhanin, J. / Galizzi, J.-P. / Lazdunski, M. -- IS ATP A GENERAL MOLECULAR CONSTITUENT OF CHOLINERGIC SYNAPTIC VESICLES? / Volknandt, W. / Zimmermann, H. -- SINGLE CHANNEL FORMATION OF COOPERATIVELY INTERACTING UNITS OF THE HIGHLY-PURIFIED Na-CHANNEL PROTEIN / Boheim, Günther / Hanke, Wolfgang / Barhanin, Jacques / Pauron, David / Lazdunski, Michel -- K+-CHANNELS IN RAT VENTRICULAR CELLS SHOW VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT OUTWARD RECTIFICATION AND NON-LINEAR VOLTAGE TO CURRENT RELATION / Schreibmayer, W. / Hagauer, H. / Tritthart, H. A. -- A PURIFICATION PROCEDURE OF THE TETRODOTOXIN BINDING COMPONENT CONTAINED IN THE ELECTROPLAXES OF ELECTROPHORUS ELECTRICUS / Dandrifosse, G. / Grandfils, Ch. / Bettendorff, L. / Schoffeniels, E. / Bontemps, J. -- HIGH-YIELD SYNTHESIS OF A NEW Na-CHANNEL MARKER : (3H)ETHYLENEDIAMINE DITETRODOTOXIN OR ED-diTTX / Grandfils, Ch. / Bettendorff, L. / Dandrifosse, E. G. / Bontemps, J. / Dandrifosse, G. -- INSECT OLFACTORY CELLS: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES / Kaissling, K. E. / Klein, U. / Kramer, J. J. de / Keil, T. A. / Kanaujia, S. / Hemberger, J. -- EFFECTS OF EXTRACELLULAR ATP ON 86Rb INFLUX IN CHICK MYOTUBES; INDICATIONS OF A COTRANSMITTER ROLE IN NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION / Häggblad, J. / Eriksson, H. / Heilbronn, E. -- II. THE ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR: STRUCTURAL ASPECTS -- A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SPECIFIC FOR ONE OF THE TWO AGONIST BINDING SITES AT THE ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR / Fels, G. / Maelicke, A. / Schäfer, D. / Walrond, J. P. / Reese, Th. S. -- THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS / Mauron, A. / Nef, P. / Ballivet, M. -- ANTIBODIES TO SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES AS PROBES OF NICOTINIC ACETYL-CHOLINE RECEPTOR STRUCTURE / Barkas, T. / Juillerat, M. -- REGULATION OF THE NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR BY PHOSPHORYLATION / Heilbronn, E. / Eriksson, H. / Salmonsson, R. -- MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE MAJOR PROTEINS OF THE POSTSYNAPTIC DOMAIN IN TORPEDO MARMORATA ELECTROMOTOR SYNAPSE / Cartaud, J. / Kordeli, C. / Nghiêm, H. O. / Changeux, J. P. -- THE GLYCINE RECEPTOR OF RAT SPINAL CORD: PROGRESS IN THE INVESTIGATION OF A NEURONAL ION CHANNEL PROTEIN / Betz, Heinrich / Grenningloh, Gabriele / Schmitt, Bertram -- ANTIBODIES TO SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES AS PROBES FOR THE a-SUBUNIT AND FOR THE CHOLINERGIC BINDING SITE OF THE ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR / Neumann, Drorit / Gershoni, Jonathan M. / Fridkin, Mati / Fuchs, Sara -- POSTSYNAPTIC MODULATION OF NEURONAL FIRING PATTERN BY ADENOSINE / Schubert, P. / Lee, K. S. / Tetzlaff, W. / Kreutzberg, G. W. -- MAJOR PROTEINS OF THE ELECTRIC ORGAN FROM TORPEDO MARMORATA - POSSIBLE ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE / Witzemann, V. / Boustead, C. M. / Walker, J. H. -- PROTEIN-BLOT ANALYSIS OF THE NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR / Gershoni, Jonathan M. / Hawrot, Edward / Wilson, Paul T. / Lentz, Thomas L. -- III. THE ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR: FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS -- ACETYLCHOLINE