From the Publisher:  

     Basic Neurochemistry:  Molecular, Cellular and Medical Aspects, the outstanding and comprehensive classic text on neurochemistry, is now newly updated and revised in its Seventh Edition.  This well-established text has been accepted worldwide as a resource for postgraduate trainees and teachers in neurology, psychiatry, and basic neuroscience, as well as for medical, graduate and postgraduate students and instructors in the neurosciences.  It is an excellent source of current information on basic biochemical and cellular processes in brain function and neurological diseases for continuing medical education and qualifying examinations as well.

The New Edition Features:

• Completely Updated Text with 60% New Authors and Material, and Many Entirely New Chapters

• Over 400 Fully Revised Figures in Splendid Color

• Accompanying CD-ROM with all the Tables, Figures and Figure Legends--Perfect for Slides, Presentations, and Handouts

• Companion Website at http://books.elsevier.com/companions/012088397X

This new edition continues to cover the basics of neurochemistry as in the earlier editions, along with expanded and additional coverage on new research from the following areas:

• Intracellular Trafficking

• Stem Cells, Adult Neurogenesis, Regeneration

• Lipid Messengers

• All Major Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Disorders

• Neurochemistry of Addiction

• Neurochemistry of Pain

• Neurochemistry of Hearing and Balance

• Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

• Neurochemistry of Brain Imaging with NMR Spectroscopy and PET

Table of Contents:

Part I:  Cellular Neurochemistry and Neural Membranes

Chapter 1.     Neurocellular Anatomy

Chapter 2.     Cell Membrane Structures and Function

Chapter 3.     Lipids

Chapter 4.     Myelin Formation, Structure and Biochemistry

Chapter 5.     Membrane Transport

Chapter 6.     Electrical Excitability and Ion Channels

Chapter 7.     Cell Adhesion Molecules

Chapter 8.     The Cytoskeleton of Neurons and Glia

Chapter 9.     Intracellular Trafficking

Part II:  Intercellular Signaling  

Chapter 10.   Synaptic Transmission and Cellular Signaling

Chapter 11.   Acetylcholine

Chapter 12.   Catecholamines

Chapter 13.   Serotonin

Chapter 14.   Histamine

Chapter 15.   Glutamate

Chapter 16.   GABA and Glycine

Chapter 17.   Purinergic Systems

Chapter 18.   Peptides

Part III:  Intracellular Signaling

Chapter 19.   G Proteins

Chapter 20.   Phosphoinositides

Chapter 21.   Cyclic Nucleotides in the Nervous System

Chapter 22.   Calcium

Chapter 23.   Serine and Threonine Phosphorylation

Chapter 24.   Tyrosine Phosphorylation

Part IV:  Growth, Development and Differentiation

Chapter 25.   Development

Chapter 26.   Transcription Factors in the Central Nervous System

Chapter 27.   Growth Factors

Chapter 28.   Axonal Transport

Chapter 29.   Stem Cells in the Nervous System

Chapter 30.   Axonal Growth in the Adult Mammalian Nervous System:  Regeneration and Compensatory Plasticity

Part V:  Metabolism

Chapter 31.   Energy Metabolism of the Brain

Chapter 32.   Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury and Oxidative Stress

Chapter 33.   Eicosanoids, Docosanoids, Platelet-Activating Factor and Inflammation

Chapter 34.   Metabolic Encephalopathies

Chapter 35.   Apoptosis and Necrosis

Part VI:  Inherited and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Chapter 36.   Peripheral Neuropathy

Chapter 37.   The Epilepsies:  Phenotype and Mechanisms

Chapter 38.   Diseases Involving Myelin

Chapter 39.   Genetics of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Chapter 40.   Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism

Chapter 41.   Lysosomal and Peroxisomal Diseases

Chapter 42.   Diseases of Carbohydrate, Fatty Acid and Mitochondrial Metabolism

Chapter 43.   Disorders of Muscle Excitability

Chapter 44.   Motor Neuron Diseases

Chapter 45.   Neurodegenerative α-Synucleinopathies and Tauopathies

Chapter 46.   Neurotransmitters and Disorders of the Basal Ganglia

Chapter 47.   Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease

Chapter 48.   Molecular Basis of Prion Diseases

Part VII:  Sensory Transduction

Chapter 49.   Molecular Biology of Vision

Chapter 50.   Molecular Biology of Olfaction and Taste

Chapter 51.   Molecular Biology of Hearing and Balance

Part VIII:  Neural Processing and Behavior

Chapter 52.   Endocrine Effects on the Brain and Their Relationship to Behavior

Chapter 53.   Learning and Memory

Chapter 54.   The Neurochemistry of Schizophrenia

Chapter 55.   Neurobiology of Severe Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Chapter 56.   Addiction

Chapter 57.   Pain

Chapter 58.   Neuroimaging

GLOSSARY

AMINO ACIDS IN PROTEINS

INDEX