Cellular mechanisms of sensory processing : the somatosensory system /

The research field of somatosensory processing in mammals has experienced revolutionary changes in recent years. Accumulation of basic and clinical data has greatly accelerated, and new phenomena have emerged. With the aid of new, refined methods, molecular and cellular changes have been described,...

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Corporate Authors: North American Treaty Association Scientific Affairs Division, North American Treaty Organization Scientific Affairs Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Scientific Affairs Division, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Cellular Mechanisms of Sensory Proceeding, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Cellular Mechanisms of Sensory Processing
Other Authors: Urban, Laszlo, 1951-
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1994], ©1994
Berlin ; New York : c1994
Series:NATO ASI series Cell biology ; vol. 79
NATO ASI series Cell biology vol. 79
NATO ASI series Cell biology ; v. 79.
NATO ASI series Cell biology vol. 79.
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Table of Contents:
  • Diversity of Somatic Spikes in Dorsal Root Ganglion Cells: Implications for Development, Function and Plasticity / Lorne M. Mendell
  • Ion Channels Underlying Transduction and Adaptation in Mechanoreceptors / Andrew S. French
  • Signal Transduction Processes in Sensorimotor Neurones of the Enteric Nervous System / Annmarie Surprenant
  • Modulation of Voltage Dependent Calcium Channels by GABA[subscript B] Receptors and G Proteins in Cultured Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons: Relevance to Transmitter Release and Its Modulation / Annette C. Dolphin, Anatole Menon-Johansson, Veronica Campbell, Nick Berrow and Marva I. Sweeney
  • Signal Integration in the Axon Tree Due to Branch Point Filtering Action / S. David Stoney, Jr.
  • Polymodality in Nociceptive Neurons: Experimental Models of Chemotransduction / Carlos Belmonte, Juana Gallar, Laura G. Lopez-Briones and Miguel A. Pozo
  • Chemical Excitation and Sensitization of Nociceptors / Peter W. Reeh
  • Hyperexcitability in the Spinal Dorsal Horn: Cooperation of Neuropeptides and Excitatory Amino Acids / Laszlo Urban, Stephen W. N. Thompson, Istvan Nagy and Andy Dray
  • The Role of Nitric Oxide in Hyperalgesia / Stephen T. Meller and G. F. Gebhart
  • Dynamic Changes in Dorsal Horn Neurons / William D. Willis, Jr.
  • Postsynaptic Changes During Sustained Primary Afferent Fiber Stimulation as Revealed by C-FOS Immunohistochemistry in the Rat Spinal Cord / Catherine Abbadie, Prisca Honore and Jean-Marie Besson
  • Structural Plasticity of Primary Afferent Terminals in the Adult Dorsal Horn - Regenerative Sprouting Induced by Peripheral Nerve Injury / Clifford J. Woolf
  • Hyperexcitability in the Spinal Dorsal Horn: Cooperation of Neuropeptides and Excitatory Amino Acids / Laszlo Urban, Stephen W.N. Thompson, Istvan Nagy and Andy Dray
  • The Role of Nitric Oxide in Hyperalgesia / Stephen T. Meller and G.F. Gebhart
  • Dynamic Changes in Dorsal Horn Neurons / William D. Willis, Jr.
  • Postsynaptic Changes During Sustained Primary Afferent Fiber Stimulation as Revealed by C-FOS Immunohistochemistry in the Rat Spinal Cord / Catherine Abbadie, Prisca Honore and Jean-Marie Besson
  • Structural Plasticity of Primary Afferent Terminals in the Adult Dorsal Horn
  • Regenerative Sprouting Induced by Peripheral Nerve Injury / Clifford J. Woolf
  • Local Effector Functions of Primary Afferent Nerve Fibers / Peter Holzer
  • Exitatory Amino Acid Receptors in the In Vitro Mammalian Spinal Cord / Aharon Lev-Tov and M. Pinco
  • Modulation of NMDA Currents in Hippocampal Neurons / Piotr Bregestovski, Igor Medina and Yezekiel Ben-Ari
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors in the Spinal Cord / David Lodge and Ann Bond
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Release in Dorsal Root Ganglion Cultures / Fang Liu, Ksenija Jeftinija and Srdija Jeftinija
  • The Involvement of Excitatory Amino Acids and Their Receptors in the Spinal Processing of Nociceptive Input from the Normal and Inflamed Knee Joint in the Rat / Hans-Georg Schaible, Volker Neugebauer and Thomas Lucke
  • Tachykinin Receptors and Their Antagonists / Carlo Alberto Maggi and Alessandro Lecci
  • Synaptic Activation by the Release of Peptides / J. L. Henry and V. Radhakrishnan
  • Local Effector Functions of Primary Afferent Nerve Fibers / Peter Holzer
  • Exitatory Amino Acid Receptors in the In Vitro Mammalian Spinal Cord / Aharon Lev-Tov and M. Pinco
  • Modulation of NMDA Currents in Hippocampal Neurons / Piotr Bregestovski, Igor Medina and Yezekiel Ben-Ari
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors in the Spinal Cord / David Lodge and Ann Bond
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Release in Dorsal Root Ganglion Cultures / Fang Liu, Ksenija Jeftinija and Srdija Jeftinija
  • The Involvement of Excitatory Amino Acids and Their Receptors in the Spinal Processing of Nociceptive Input from the Normal and Inflamed Knee Joint in the Rat / Hans-Georg Schaible, Volker Neugebauer and Thomas Lucke
  • Tachykinin Receptors and Their Antagonists / Carlo Alberto Maggi and Alessandro Lecci
  • Synaptic Activation by the Release of Peptides / J.L. Henry and V. Radhakrishnan
  • TRH and Substance P Increase Rat Motoneurone Excitability through a Block of a Novel K[superscript +] Conductance / A. Nistri, N. D. Fisher and G. Baranauskas
  • Influences of the Chemical Environment on Peripheral Afferent Neurons / Andy Dray
  • Silent Primary Afferents / Robert F. Schmidt and H.-G. Schaible
  • Sensory Neurons and Plasticity: The Role of Immediate Early Genes / Carmen De Felipe, Robert Jenkins and Stephen P. Hunt
  • Molecular Biology of Dynorphin Gene Expression in Relationship to Spinal Cord Processing of Pain / Michael J. Iadarola and Donna J. Messerschmith
  • Regulation of Cellular Phenotype in the Nociceptive Pathway / Eberhard Weihe and Martin K.-H. Schafer
  • Altered Functions of Neuropeptides and Nitric Oxide in Somatosensory Afferents and Spinal Cord after Peripheral Nerve Lesions in the Rat / Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin and Xiao-Jun Xu
  • TRH and Substance P Increase Rat Motoneurone Excitability through a Block of a Novel K[superscript +] Conductance / A. Nistri, N.D. Fisher and G. Baranauskas
  • Influences of the Chemical Environment on Peripheral Afferent Neurons / Andy Dray
  • Silent Primary Afferents / Robert F. Schmidt and H.-G. Schaible
  • Sensory Neurons and Plasticity: The Role of Immediate Early Genes / Carmen De Felipe, Robert Jenkins and Stephen P. Hunt
  • Molecular Biology of Dynorphin Gene Expression in Relationship to Spinal Cord Processing of Pain / Michael J. Iadarola and Donna J. Messerschmith
  • Regulation of Cellular Phenotype in the Nociceptive Pathway / Eberhard Weihe and Martin K.-H. Schafer
  • Altered Functions of Neuropeptides and Nitric Oxide in Somatosensory Afferents and Spinal Cord after Peripheral Nerve Lesions in the Rat / Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin and Xiao-Jun Xu
  • Diversity of Somatic Spikes in Dorsal Root Ganglion Cells: Implications for Development, Function and Plasticity / Lorne M. Mendell
  • Ion Channels Underlying Transduction and Adaptation in Mechanoreceptors / Andrew S. French
  • Signal Transduction Processes in Sensorimotor Neurones of the Enteric Nervous System / Annmarie Surprenant
  • Modulation of Voltage Dependent Calcium Channels by GABA[subscript B] Receptors and G Proteins in Cultured Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons: Relevance to Transmitter Release and Its Modulation / Annette C. Dolphin, Anatole Menon-Johansson, Veronica Campbell, Nick Berrow and Marva I. Sweeney
  • Signal Integration in the Axon Tree Due to Branch Point Filtering Action / S. David Stoney, Jr.
  • Polymodality in Nociceptive Neurons: Experimental Models of Chemotransduction / Carlos Belmonte, Juana Gallar, Laura G. Lopez-Briones and Miguel A. Pozo
  • Chemical Excitation and Sensitization of Nociceptors / Peter W. Reeh
  • Local Effector Functions of Primary Afferent Nerve Fibers / Peter Holzer
  • Exitatory Amino Acid Receptors in the In Vitro Mammalian Spinal Cord / Aharon Lev-Tov and M. Pinco
  • Modulation of NMDA Currents in Hippocampal Neurons / Piotr Bregestovski, Igor Medina and Yezekiel Ben-Ari
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors in the Spinal Cord / David Lodge and Ann Bond
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Release in Dorsal Root Ganglion Cultures / Fang Liu, Ksenija Jeftinija and Srdija Jeftinija
  • The Involvement of Excitatory Amino Acids and Their Receptors in the Spinal Processing of Nociceptive Input from the Normal and Inflamed Knee Joint in the Rat / Hans-Georg Schaible, Volker Neugebauer and Thomas Lucke
  • Tachykinin Receptors and Their Antagonists / Carlo Alberto Maggi and Alessandro Lecci
  • Synaptic Activation by the Release of Peptides / J. L. Henry and V. Radhakrishnan
  • TRH and Substance P Increase Rat Motoneurone Excitability through a Block of a Novel K[superscript +] Conductance / A. Nistri, N. D. Fisher and G. Baranauskas
  • Influences of the Chemical Environment on Peripheral Afferent Neurons / Andy Dray
  • Silent Primary Afferents / Robert F. Schmidt and H.-G. Schaible
  • Sensory Neurons and Plasticity: The Role of Immediate Early Genes / Carmen De Felipe, Robert Jenkins and Stephen P. Hunt
  • Molecular Biology of Dynorphin Gene Expression in Relationship to Spinal Cord Processing of Pain / Michael J. Iadarola and Donna J. Messerschmith
  • Regulation of Cellular Phenotype in the Nociceptive Pathway / Eberhard Weihe and Martin K.-H. Schafer
  • Altered Functions of Neuropeptides and Nitric Oxide in Somatosensory Afferents and Spinal Cord after Peripheral Nerve Lesions in the Rat / Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin and Xiao-Jun Xu
  • Hyperexcitability in the Spinal Dorsal Horn: Cooperation of Neuropeptides and Excitatory Amino Acids / Laszlo Urban, Stephen W. N. Thompson, Istvan Nagy and Andy Dray
  • The Role of Nitric Oxide in Hyperalgesia / Stephen T. Meller and G. F. Gebhart
  • Dynamic Changes in Dorsal Horn Neurons / William D. Willis, Jr.
  • Postsynaptic Changes During Sustained Primary Afferent Fiber Stimulation as Revealed by C-FOS Immunohistochemistry in the Rat Spinal Cord / Catherine Abbadie, Prisca Honore and Jean-Marie Besson
  • Structural Plasticity of Primary Afferent Terminals in the Adult Dorsal Horn - Regenerative Sprouting Induced by Peripheral Nerve Injury / Clifford J. Woolf