Neurotransmitter Receptors: Mechanisms of Action and Regulation

Coupling of Neurotransmitter Receptors to Adenylate Cyclase.- Selective Blockage by Islet-Activating Protein, Pertussis Toxin, of Negative Signal Transduction from Receptors to Adenylate Cyclase.- A Central Role for Magnesium in the Regulation of Inhibitory Adenosine Receptors.- Role of Hormone-Sensitive GTPases in Adenylate Cyclase Regulation.- Reconstitution of the Regulatory Functions of ?-Adrenergic Receptors.- Regulation of the Catalytic Unit of Adenylate Cyclase System in Rat Brain.- Molecular Regulatory Mechanism of D2 Dopamine Receptor in the Bovine Striatum.- Genetic and Functional Studies of Guanine Nucleotide-Binding Regulatory Proteins.- Regulation, Interactions, and Coupling to Effectors.- Differential Regulation of Putative M1/M2 Muscarinic Receptors: Implications for Different Receptor-Effector Coupling Mechanisms.- Factors Regulating Ligand Binding to 5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptors in Rat Brain.- Evidence for Alpha2-Adrenergic Receptors in Bovine Cerebral Arteries.- Modulation of Alpha2-Adrenergic Receptors of Rat Vas Deferens by Adenosine Receptors.- Neuromodulatory Roles of Adenosine Receptors Coupling to the Calcium Channel and Adenylate Cyclase.- Interaction of Enkephalin with Opioid Receptors of Brain Membranes: Regulation by Essential Transition Metals, Guanine Nucleotides and Temperature.- Ca2+-Activated, Fatty Acid-Dependent Guanylate Cyclase in Synaptic Plasma Membranes and Its Requirement for Ca2+ and Mg-GTP in the Activation.- Modulation of Neuroreceptor Functions by Lipomodulin, a Phospholipase Inhibitory Protein.- Receptor Structure, Localization, and Ion Channels.- Ontogenetic Development of the Specific [3H]Nitrendipine Binding Sites in the Rat Whole Brain.- Biochemical Properties of the GABA/Barbiturate/Benzodiazepine Receptor-Chloride Ion Channel Complex.- Purification of ?-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) and Benzodiazepine Receptors from Rat Brain Using Benzodiazepine-Affinity Column Chromatography.- Structure and Properties of the Brain GABA/Benzodiazepine Receptor Complex.- Use of Autoradiographic Techniques for the Localization of Neurotransmitter Receptors in Brain and Periphery: Recent Applications.- The Structure and Evolution of Neurotransmitter Receptors (?- and ?-Adrenergic, Dopaminergic and Muscarinic Cholinergic).- Contributors.