Books in the Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Series series

This 3rd edition of 'Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease' gives a comprehensive and readable introduction to the disease, from molecular pathology to clinical practice. It is essential reading for students interested in neurodegeneration, researchers and clinicians

Nerve cells - neurons - are arguably the most complex of all cells. From the action of these cells comes movement, thought and consciousness. This book provides information on the molecules that control information flow in the brain or the progress of brain disease. It also provides an overview of the molecular structure and function of neurons.

In the six years since the first edition of "Molecular Biology of the Neuron", there has been an explosion in the molecular information about neurons that has been discovered, and this information is incorporated into this second edition.

This is a new edition in the 'Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology' series. The study of glial cell function and development is a major area of research activity in the neurosciences, and these avenues appear to hold the key to understanding, at the molecular level, processes such as myelination and the regulation of axon growth and repair.

Within the last decade we have seen major new advances in the neurobiology of pain. The topic has emerged as a separate field of study in its own right. A new volume in the Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology series, this volume presents a state-of-the-art account ot the neurobiological basis of pain, edited and written by leading scientists in this field.

This book reviews the recent advances in our understanding of the the molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating the targeted movement (trafficking) of receptors and ion channels in neurones - mechanisms fundamental to synaptic function.