The Progress in Brain Research series highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Serotonin in the CNS1. The multiple facets of serotonergic modulation on brain functions
Giuseppe Di Giovanni
2. Anatomical and neurochemical organization of the serotonergic system in the mammalian brain
Harry Steinbusch
3. 5-HT2A/2C Receptors in the Brain
Cristiano Bombardi
Part 2: Serotonin-dopamine interactions
4. Electrophysiological and neurochemical bases for an interaction of serotonin on central dopaminergic neurons
Giuseppe Di Giovanni
5. The complex nature of serotonin-dopamine neurons interaction in primate model of Parkinson's disease
V?ronique Sgambato
6. The status of serotonergic system in presymptomatic and symptomatic stages of Huntington disease and corresponding animal models
Anthony Hannan
7. Serotonin-dopamine interaction in the induction and maintenance of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias
Manolo Carta
8. The serotonergic agent L-DOPA in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
Marios Politis
Part 3: Serotonin-Glutamate interaction
9. Cortical influences of serotonin on pyramidal cells
Gerard Joseph Marek
10. The interaction of serotonin with noradrenergic, dopaminergic, cholinergic, and opioid systems in Alzheimer's disease
Goran Simic
11. Serotonergic controls upon the glutamatergic neurons of the subthalamic nucleus
Luisa Ugedo
