Note: Front Cover -- Molecular Approaches to Neurobiology -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. CURRENT GENETIC APPROACHES TO THE MAMMALIAN NERVOUS SYSTEM -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. INHERITED VARIATIONS IN GENES AND GENE PRODUCTS -- III. GENERATING GENETIC VARIANTS -- IV. ASSESSING THE ROLE OF HEREDITY IN BEHAVIOR AND DISEASE -- V. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. CHROMOSOMAL COMPONENTS IN BRAIN CELLS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ORGANIZATION OF CHROMATIN -- III. BRAIN HISTONES -- IV. NONHISTONE CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS (NHCP) OF THE BRAIN -- V. DNA POLYMERASE -- VI. RNA POLYMERASE -- VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. THE SEQUENCE COMPLEXITY OF BRAIN RIBONUCLEIC ACIDS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. RNA-DNA HYBRIDIZATION ANALYSIS -- III. COMPLEXITY OF GENE TRANSCRIPTION IN THE BRAIN -- IV. RNA SEQUENCE COMPLEXITY AT THE LEVEL OF TRANSLATION -- V. REGIONAL AND CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION OF GENE TRANSCRIPTS -- VI. GENE ACTIVITY DURING DEVELOPMENT AND AGING -- VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF SYNAPSES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SYNAPTIC JUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES AND POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITIES -- III. PROTEIN COMPOSITION OF ISOLATED SYNAPTIC JUNCTIONS AND POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITIES -- IV. FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF SYNAPTIC JUNCTIONS AND POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITIES -- V. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYNAPSE -- VI. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. AXONAL TRANSPORT OF MACROMOLECULES -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SLOW AXONAL TRANSPORT -- III. RAPID AXONAL TRANSPORT -- IV. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. MECHANISTIC STUDIES ON THE CELLULAR EFFECTS OF NERVE GROWTH FACTOR -- I. NGF AND ITS TARGET CELLS. , II. ROLE OF TRANSCRIPTION IN NGF MECHANISM OF ACTION ON NEURITE OUTGROWTH -- III. PRIMING MODEL OF NEURITE OUTGROWTH -- IV. TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF NGF RESPONSES OTHER THAN NEURITE OUTGROWTH -- V. NGF RECEPTORS AND TRANSCRIPTION -- VI. NONTRANSCRIPTIONAL, ANABOLIC, AND RAPID EFFECTS OF NGF -- VII. GENETIC APPROACHES TO NGF MOLECULAR MECHANISM -- VIII. NGF AND CELL PROLIFERATION -- IX. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. CELL INTERACTIONS IN EMBRYONIC NEURAL RETINA: ROLE IN HORMONAL INDUCTION OF GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. NEURAL RETINA OF CHICK EMBRYO -- III. GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE (GS) IN AVIAN NEURAL RETINA -- IV. INDUCTION OF GS -- V. CELL INTERACTIONS AND GS INDUCTION -- VI. CORTISOL RECEPTORS -- VII. COMMENT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION OF THE BRAIN: GONADAL HORMONE ACTION AND CURRENT CONCEPTS OF NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. GENERAL PLAN OF SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION FOR MAMMALS -- III. SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION IN RATS -- IV. MORPHOLOGICAL SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE BRAIN -- V. SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION IN RELATION TO CURRENT CONCEPTS OF NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENTIATION -- VI. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9. ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN USING LSD AND HYPERTHERMIA AS EXPERIMENTAL PROBES -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PERTURBATION OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN THE BRAIN -- III. EFFECT OF LSD ON THE TRANSLATIONAL APPARATUS OF THE BRAIN -- IV. EFFECT OF HYPERTHERMIA ON THE TRANSLATIONAL APPARATUS OF THE BRAIN -- V. EFFECTS OF LSD AND HYPERTHERMIA ON BRAIN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN VIVO -- VI. EFFECT OF LSD AND HYPERTHERMIA ON SUBSEQUENT CELL-FREE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN THE BRAIN -- VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES. , CHAPTER 10. NEUROPEPTIDES AS PUTATIVE NEUROTRANSMITTERS: ENDORPHINS, SUBSTANCE P, CHOLECYSTOKININ, AND VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ENDOGENOUS OPIOID PEPTIDES -- III. SUBSTANCE P -- IV. CHOLECYSTOKININ AND VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE -- V. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11. MOLECULAR CORRELATES BETWEEN PITUITARY HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF PITUITARY PEPTIDE HORMONES -- III. MOLECULAR CORRELATES OF PITUITARY PEPTIDE HORMONES -- IV. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12. MACROMOLECULES AND BEHAVIOR -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. GENERAL APPROACHES TO THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MOLECULES AND BEHAVIOR -- III. DEOXYGLUCOSE PROCEDURE -- IV. LEARNING AND MEMORY STUDIES -- V. NEUROPEPTIDES AS TOOLS FOR STUDYING THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF BEHAVIOR -- VI. RECEPTORS -- VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 13. ISOLATION AND CULTURE OF SPECIFIC BRAIN CELLS AND THEIR EXPERIMENTAL USE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. GENERAL APPROACHES TO THE ISOLATION OF BRAIN CELLS -- III. MICROSCALE ISOLATION METHODS -- IV. MACROSCALE ISOLATION METHODS -- V. BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF NEURONAL AND GLIAL CELLS ISOLATED FROM "NORMAL" BRAIN TISSUE -- VI. BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF NEURAL CELLS ISOLATED FROM PATHOLOGICALLY ALTERED BRAIN TISSUE -- VII. CULTURING OF ISOLATED NEURONS AND GLIA FROM BRAINS OF YOUNG ADULT ANIMALS-A PRELIMINARY SURVEY -- VIII. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- CELL BIOLOGY: A Series of Monographs.

Note: Emerging Applications of Vacuum-Arc-Produced Plasma, Ion and Electron Beams -- Editor's page -- Copyright -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- COHESIVE ENERGY RULE FOR VACUUM ARCS -- PHYSICAL BASIS OF PLASMA PARAMETERS CONTROL IN A VACUUM ARC -- SOURCES OF MULTIPLY CHARGED METAL IONS: VACUUM DISCHARGE OR LASER PRODUCED PLASMA? -- STATUS OF MEVVA EXPERIMENTS IN ITEP* -- UNDERLYING PHYSICS OF E-MEVVA OPERATION: Explaining Past Results, Guiding Future Improvements -- TECHNICAL DESIGN OF THE MEVVA ION SOURCE AT GSI AND RESULTS OF A LONG URANIUM BEAM TIME PERIOD -- SIMULATION OF THE EXTRACTION FROM A MEVVA ION SOURCE -- PRODUCING OF GAS AND METAL ION BEAMS WITH VACUUM ARC ION SOURCES -- HIGH CURRENT ELECTRON SOURCES AND ACCELERATORS WITH PLASMA EMITTERS -- EMISSION METHODS OF EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ION VELOCITIES IN VACUUM ARC PLASMAS -- GASEOUS PLASMA PRODUCTION USING ELECTRON EMITTER BASED ON ARC DISCHARGE -- VACUUM ARC ION SOURCES: CHARGE STATE ENHANCEMENT AND ARC VOLTAGE -- LINEAR VACUUM ARC EVAPORATORS FOR DEPOSITION OF FUNCTIONAL MULTI-PURPOSE COATINGS -- ARC GENERATORS OF LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA AND THEIR APPLICATIONS -- ELECTRON BEAM DEPOSITION OF HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING THIN FILMS -- DEPOSITION OF NANOSCALE MULTILAYERED STRUCTURES USING FILTERED CATHODIC VACUUM ARC PLASMA BEAMS -- IMPLANTATION OF STEEL FROM MEVVA ION SOURCE WITH BRONZE CATHODE -- RESISTANCE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE OXIDATION IN Si-IMPLANTED TiN COATINGS ON STEEL -- VACUUM ARC DEPOSITED DLC BASED COATINGS -- APPLICATIONS OF VACUUM ARC PLASMAS TO NEUROSCIENCE -- CONCERNING REGULARITIES OF PARTICLE'S DRIVING IN POTENTIAL FIELDS (ON EXAMPLE OF ELECTRON'S MOVEMENT IN ELECTRICAL FIELD WITH DISTRIBUTED POTENTIAL ). -- HIGH CURRENT PLASMA LENS (STATUS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS) -- INDEX.