MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE NEURON
1 STUDYING NEURONAL FUNCTION USING THE DROSOPHILA GENETIC SYSTEM 2 USING MOUSE GENETICS TO STUDY NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION 3 GENE EXPRESSION: FROM PRECURSOR TO MATURE NEURON 4 PROTEIN TRAFFICKING IN NEURONS 5 ION CHANNELS AND ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY 6 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF TRANSMITTER RELEASE 7 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF POSTSYNAPTIC STRUCTURES 8 SIGNAL RECEPTION: LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNEL RECEPTORS 9 SIGNAL RECEPTION: G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS 10 SYNAPSE-TO-NUCLEUS CALCIUM SIGNALLING 11 SIGNALLING BY TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 12 MATURE NEURONS: SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION-SERINE/ THREONINE KINASES 13 THE CYTOSKELETON 14 NEURONAL PLASTICITY CONTENTS 15 GENETIC BASIS OF HUMAN NEURONAL DISEASES 16 AGEING AND THE DEATH OF NEURONES CHAPTER