NEUROBIOLOGY Molecules, Cells and SystemsGary G. Matthews
Internet Links | Suggested Reading | 11th Hour | Instructor Resources
Glossary
[ A-E ] [ F-L ] [ M-R ] [ S-Z ]
Chapter 7: Neural Control of Muscle Contraction.
Huxley, H.E. (1996) A personal view of muscle and motility mechanisms. Annual Review of Physiology, 58, 1-19.
Rios, E., G. Pizarro, and E. Stefani. (1992) Charge movement and the nature of signal transduction in skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling. Annual Review of Physiology, 54, 109-133.
Schneider, M.F. (1994) Control of calcium release in functioning skeletal muscle fibers. Annual Review of Physiology, 56, 463-484.
Chapter 8: Spinal Cord Motor Mechanisms.
Fetcho, J.R. (1992) The spinal motor system in early vertebrates and some of its evolutionary changes. Brain Behavior and Evolution, 40, 82-97.
Grillner, S. (1996) Neural networks for vertebrate locomotion., Scientific American, 274:1, 64-69.
Grillner, S. and T. Matsushima. (1991) The neural network underlying locomotion in lamprey--synaptic and cellular mechanisms. Neuron, 7, 1-15.
Grillner, S. and P. Wallén (1985) Central pattern generators for locomotion, with special reference to vertebrates. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 8, 233-261.
Grillner, S., P. Wallén, L. Brodin, and A. Lansner. (1991) Neuronal network generating locomotor behavior in lamprey: Circuitry, transmitters, membrane properties, and simulation. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 14, 169-199.
Hagevik, A. and A.D. McClellan. (1994) Coupling of spinal locomotor networks in larval lamprey revealed by receptor blockers for inhibitory amino acids: neurophysiology and computer modeling. Journal of Neurophysiology, 72, 1810-1829.
Jami, L. (1992) Golgi tendon organs in mammalian skeletal muscle: Functional properties and central actions. Physiological Reviews, 72, 623-666.
McClellan, A.D. and W. Jang. (1993) Mechanosensory inputs to the central pattern generators for locomotion in the lamprey spinal cord: resetting, entrainment, and computer modeling. Journal of Neurophysiology, 70, 2442-2454.
Pearson, K.G. (1993) Common principles of motor control in vertebrates and invertebrates. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 16, 265-297.
Chapter 9: Brain Motor Mechanisms.
Albin, R.L., A.B. Young, and J.B. Penney. (1995) The functional anatomy of disorders of the basal ganglia. Trends in Neurosciences, 18, 63-64.
Alexander, G.E., M.R. DeLong, and P.L. Strick. (1986) Parallel organization fo functionally segregated circuits linking basal ganglia and cortex. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 9, 357-381.
Evarts, E.V. (1966) Pyramidal tract activity associated with a conditioned hand movement in the monkey. Journal of Neurophysiology, 29, 1011-1027.
Evarts, E.V. (1968) Relation of pyramidal tract activity to force exerted during voluntary movement. Journal of Neurophysiology, 31, 14-27.
Georgopoulos, A.P. (1986) On reaching. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 9, 147-170.
Georgopoulos, A.P. (1995) Current issues in directional motor control. Trends in Neuroscience, 18, 506-510.
Graybiel, A.M. (1995) The basal ganglia. Trends in Neurosciences, 18, 60-62.
Olanow, C.W. and Tatton, W.G. (1999) Etiology and pathogenesis of parkinson's disease. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 22, 123-144.
Talbott, R.E. and D.R. Humphrey (eds.) Posture and Movement. New York: Raven Press, 1979.
Thach, W.T., H.G. Goodkin, and J.G. Keating. (1992) Cerebellum and adaptive coordination of movement. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 15, 403-442.
Wise, S.P. (1985) The primate premotor cortex: Past, present, and preparatory. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 8, 1-19.
Wise, S.P. and P.L. Strick. (1984) Anatomical and physiological organization of the non-primary motor cortex. Trends in Neuroscience, 7, 442-446.
Chapter 10: Sensorimotor Integration.
Andersen, R.A. (1989) Visual and eye movement functions of the posterior parietal cortex. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 12, 377-403.
Andersen, R.A., P.R. Brotchie, and P. Mazzoni. (1992) Evidence for the lateral intraparietal area as the parietal eye field. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2, 840-846.
Andersen, R.A. and J.W. Gnadt. (1989) Posterior parietal cortex. In: The Neurobiology of Saccadic Eye Movements. Eds. Wurtz and Goldberg. New York: Elsevier.
Benson, A.J. The vestibular sensory system. In: The Senses. Barlow, H.B. and J.D. Mollon (eds.) Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1982, pp. 333-368.
Buttner, U. and L. Fuhry. (1995) Eye movements. Current Opinion in Neurology, 8, 77-82.
Dieterich, M. and T. Brandt. (1995) Vestibulo-ocular reflex. Current Opinion in Neurology, 8, 83-88.
Fuchs, A.F., C.R.S. Kaneko, and C.A. Scudder. (1985) Brainstem control of saccadic eye movements. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 8, 307-337.
Kornhuber, H.H. (ed.)
Leigh, R.J. and T. Brandt. (1993) A reevaluation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex: new ideas of its purpose, properties, neural substrate, and disorders. Neurology, 43, 1288-1295.
Leigh, R.J. and D.S. Zee.
McIlwain, J.T. (1991) Distributed spatial coding in the superior colliculus: A review. Visual Neuroscience, 6, 3-13.
Sparks, D.L. (1986) Translation of sensory signals into commands for control of saccadic eye movements: role of primate superior colliculus. Physiological Reviews, 66, 118-171.
Sparks, D.L. and E.J. Barton. (1993) Neural control of saccadic eye movements. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 3, 966-972.
Sparks, D.L. and L.E. Mays. (1990) Signal transformations required for the generation of saccadic eye movements. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 13, 309-336.
Chapter 11: The Autonomic Nervous System.
Cabot, J.B. (1995) Some principles of the spinal organization of the sympathetic preganglionic outflow.
Cabot, J.B. (199?) Sympathetic preganglionic neurons: cytoarchitecture, ultrastructure, and biophysical properties. In:
Campbell, D.L., R.L. Rasmusson, and H.C. Strauss. (1992) Ionic current mechanisms generating vertebrate primary cardiac pacemaker activity at the single cell level: an integrative view. Annual Review of Physiology, 54, 279-302.
Clapham, D.E. (1994) Direct G protein activation of ion channels? Annual Review of Neuroscience, 17, 441-464.
Deal, K.K., S.K. England, and M.M. Tamkun. (1996) Molecular physiology of cardiac potassium channels. Physiological Reviews, 76, 49-67.
Elfvin, L.-G., B. Lindh, and T. Hökfelt. (1993) The chemical neuroanatomy of sympathetic ganglia. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 16, 471-507.
Gilman, A.G. (1987) G proteins: Transducers of receptor-generated signals. Annual Review of Biochemistry, 56, 615-649.
Hartzell, H.C. (1988) Regulation of cardiac ion channels by catecholamines, acetylcholine and second messenger systems. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 52, 165-247.
Hartzell, H.C., P.-F. Méry, R. Fischmeister, and G. Szabo. (1991) Sympathetic regulation of cardiac calcium current is due exclusively to cAMP-dependent phosphorylation. Nature, 351, 573-576.
Irisawa, H., H.F. Brown, and W. Giles. (1993) Cardiac pacemaking in the sinoatrial node. Physiological Reviews, 73, 197-227.
Kobilka, B. (1992) Adrenergic receptors as models for G protein-coupled receptors. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 15, 87-114.
Linder, M.E. and A.G. Gilman (1992) G proteins. Scientific American, 267:1, 56-61.
Szabo, G. and A.S. Otero. (1990) G protein mediated regulation of K+ channels in heart. Annual Review of Physiology, 52, 293-305.
Wickman, K. and D.E. Clapham. (1995) Ion channel regulation by G proteins. Physiological Reviews, 75, 865-885.
Chapter 12: The Hypothalamus
Belvin, M.P. et al. (1999) The Drosophila dCREB2 gene affects the circadian clock. Neuron, 22, 777-787.
Chehab, F.F. (2000) Leptin as a regulator of adipose mass and reproduction. Trends in Pharmacological Science, 21, 309-314.
Earnest, D.J. et al. (1999) Immortal time: Circadian clock properties of rat suprachiasmatic cell lines. Science, 283, 693-695.
Emery, P. et al. (1998) CRY, a Drosophila clock and light-regulated cryptochrome, is a major contributor to circadian rhythm resetting and photosensitivity. Cell, 95, 669-679.
Foster, R.G. (1998) Shedding light on the biological clock. Neuron, 20, 829-832.
Gekakis, N. et al. (1998) Role of the CLOCK protein in the mammalian circadian mechanism. Science, 280, 1564-1569.
Hall, J.C. (1998) Molecular neurogenetics of biological rhythms. Journal of Neurogenetics, 12, 115-181.
Hunter-Ensor, M., Ousley, A. and Sehgal, A. (1996) Regulation of the Drosophila protein timeless suggests a mechanism for resetting the circadian clock by light. Cell, 84, 677-685.
Jin, X. et al. (1999) A molecular mechanism regulating rhythmic output from the suprachiasmatic circadian clock. Cell, 96, 57-68.
Joseph E. LeDoux, J.E. (2000) Emotion Circuits in the Brain. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 23, 155-184.
King, D.P. and Takahashi, J.S. (2000) Molecular Genetics of Circadian Rhythms in Mammals. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 23, 713-742.
Lee, C. et al. (1998) The Drosophila CLOCK protein undergoes daily rhythms in abundance, phosphorylation, and interactions with the PER-TIM complex. Neuron, 21, 857-867.
Merrow, M. et al. (1999) Assignment of circadian function for the Neurospora clock gene frequency. Nature, 399, 584-586.
Myers, M.P. et al. (1996) Light-induced degradation of TIMELESS and entrainment of the Drosophila circadian clock. Science, 271, 1736-1740.
Reppert, S.M. (1998) A clockwork explosion! Neuron, 21, 1-4.
Sangoram, A.M. et al. (1998) Mammalian circadian autoregulatory loop: A timeless ortholog and mPer1 interact and negatively regulate CLOCK-BMAL1-induced transcription. Neuron, 21, 1101-1113.
Stanewsky, R. et al. (1998) The cryb mutation identifies crytochrome as a circadian photoreceptor in Drosophila. Cell, 95, 681-692.
von Gall, C. et al. (1998) CREB in the mouse SCN: A molecular interface coding the phase-adjusting stimuli light, glutamate, PACAP, and melatonin for clockwork access. Journal of Neuroscience, 18, 10389-10397.
Young, M.W. (1998) The molecular control of circadian behavioral rhythms and their entrainment in Drosophila. Annual Review of Biochemistry, 67, 135-152.
Zylka, M.J. et al. (1998) Molecular analysis of mammalian timeless. Neuron, 21, 1115-1122.
Rating system:
Introductory level; for a general audience or beginning students
Intermediate level; a general review for non-specialists or second-level students
Advanced level; for advanced students wishing greater detail
Original research articles; usually intended for specialists working in the field