The NMDA Receptor

From reviews of the 1st edition:"a welcome text providing a wealth of up-to-date detail for a modest price. Not only the chemical and neuropharmaoological, but also the physiological, clinical neurological and neuropsychological aspects of the NMDA receptor are lucidly and succinctly dealt with. . . Unreservedly recommended reading." Journal of the Neurological Sciences

• 2) Agonists and competitive antagonists: structure, activity and molecular modelling studies ; 3) Non-competitive antagonists of N-methyl-D-aspartate ; 4) Molecular pharmacology of NMDA receptors ; 5) Molecular biology of NMDA receptors ; 6) Anatomical, pharmacological, and molecular diversity of native NMDA receptor subtypes ; 7) The NMDA receptor, its channel, and its modulation by glycine ; 8) The time-course of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic currents ; 9) Activation of NMDA receptors ; 10) NMDA receptors and their interactions with other excitatory amino acid receptors in synaptic transmission in the mammalian central nervous system ; 11) The importance of NMDA receptors in the processing of spinal primary afferent input patterns ; 12 ) The role of NMDA receptors in synaptic integration and the organization of motor patterns ; 13) NMDA receptors and long-term potentiation in the hippocampus ; 14) NMDA receptors and developmental plasticity in visual neocortex ; 15) The role of NMDA receptors in learning and memory ; 16) Clinical implications of NMDA receptors ; 17) The NMDA receptor in epilepsy ; 18) NMDA receptors, neuronal development, and neurodegeneration ; 19) Competitive NMDA antagonists as drugs ; 20) Non-competitive NMDA antagonists as drugs ; 1) The NMDA receptor concept: origins and development