Neurochemistry

Growth areas in neurochemistry in the ten years since the first edition was published are reflected in this fully updated second edition.

• 1. Isolation of synaptosomes, growth cones and their subcellular components ; 2. Proteins of the neuronal cytoplasmic and membrane-associated cytoskeleton ; 3. Immunocytochemical techniques for the study of the nervous system ; 4. In situ hybridization approaches to the study of the nervous sytem ; 5. Investigation of mitochondrial defects in brain and skeletal muscle ; 6. Measurement of neurotransmitters and their associated second messengers in vivo ; 7. Protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation in the nervous system ; 8. Receptor-linked phosphoinositide metabolism ; 9. Neurotransmitter transporters: purification, reconstitution, and assay of the brain GABA transporter