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Figure 17.4 The effect of neuroleptics on the activity of DA neurons. Although neuroleptics (DA antagonists) are used primarily to inhibit the postsynaptic effects of released DA they also increase the activity of the DA neuron itself since they (1) inhibit the effect of synaptic DA on nerve terminal autoreceptors and so increase DA release (2) block inhibitory DA autoreceptors on the soma of the DA neuron so that they cannot be stimulated by endogenous DA, possibly released from the neuron s own dendrites and (3) facilitate feedback excitation to the DA neuron from those neurons normally inhibited by distally released DA. All the DA receptors involved are D2 (or possibly D3). — Blocked by D2 antagonists (neuroleptics)...

FIGURE 11-9. Dopamine and acetylcholine have a reciprocal relationship in the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway. Dopamine neurons here make postsynaptic connections with cholinergic neurons. Normally, dopamine suppresses acetylcholine activity. 

For any speciation process based on pheromonal communication to be effective, variation in CHC production should tightly co-evolve with factors regulating CHC processing. This has been observed for the desatl gene in D. melanogaster (Marcillac et al., 2005b). Such coevolution requires that pre-existing sensory structures can detect and respond to new CHC molecules. This basic assumption of the theory of sexual selection is supported by the observation that taste neurons normally used to detect bitter molecules also serve to detect an aversive sex pheromone (Lacaille et al., 2007). It is thus possible that taste neurons that were initially used by the fly to detect noxious food molecules (bitterness is often associated with alkaloids and toxic molecules) have been more recently used to detect inhibitory sex pheromones. 

The above characterisation of Darwinian dynamics is deliberately general note that it is not restricted to cover living systems only. (As a matter of fact some living systems do not—sometimes cannot—multiply mules and neurons normally do not reproduce we shall come back to this point.) Hence it... 

Caspase-2 Yes Excess oocytes Excess oocytes resistant to cytotoxic agents, defects in B-cell apoptosis by granzyme B and perforin, accelerated death of motor neurons Normal [60]... 

The neurotransmitter phenotype, (i.e., what type of neurotransmitter is stored and ultimately will be released from the synaptic bouton) is determined by the identity of the neurotransmitter transporter that resides on the synaptic vesicle membrane. Although some exceptions to the rule may exist all synaptic vesicles of a given neuron normally will express only one transporter type and thus will have a dehned neurotransmitter phenotype (this concept is enveloped in what is known as Dale s principle see also Reference 19). To date, four major vesicular transporter systems have been characterized that support synaptic vesicle uptake of glutamate (VGLUT 1-3), GABA and glycine (VGAT), acetylcholine (VAChT), and monoamines such as dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin (VMAT 1 and 2). Vesicles that store and release neuropeptides do not have specific transporters to load and concentrate the peptides but, instead, are formed with the peptides already contained within. 

Increased glutamate released from dying neurones (normal I mcM)... 

It may be of interest to review briefly certain of the major disease states just outlined. Possible abnormalities in the metabolism of central neurotransmitters, particularly biogenic amines, have been implicated in a number of pathological states. Perhaps the most well-recognized example is Parkinson s disease. In this disease, for unknown reasons, there is a degeneration of a significant number of neurons that utilize dopamine as a neurotransmitter. The cell bodies of these neurons normally reside in the substan-... 

Artificial neural networks A machine or program for supervised or unsupervised learning based on a layered network of neurons. Normally, a network is trained to best describe a biological or chemical system, in order to classify new systems. Used for pattern recognition in cheminformatics, QSAR, and bioinformatics. 

The conclusion from this study was that a variety of peripheral neurons normally provide guidance information for outgrowing nerves, but that this role is only a necessary one in situations where alternative cues are out of filopodial reach. The implication is that there is no intrinsic difference between peripheral neurons that can be experimentally shown to be necessary for axon guidance and those that are not. 

Striatum Medium sized neurons Normalized GAD, PPTA 6-OHDA Sauer et al, 1995... 

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