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edited by Ronald G. Wiley and Douglas A. Lappi

Humana Press

c2005

xi, 311 p. : ill.

Introduction to molecular neurosurgery / Ronald G. Wiley and Douglas A. Lappi -- Ribosome-inactivating proteins / Fiorenzo Stirpe -- Biochemical, physiological, and behavioral characterizations of the cholinergic basal forebrain lesion produced by 192 IgG-saporin / Jerene J. Waite -- Basal forebrain cholinergic lesion by 192 IgG-saporin: a tool to assess the consequences of cortical cholinergic dysfunction in Alzheimers disease / Reinhard Schliebs -- 192 IgG-saporin-induced partial cortical cholinergic deafferentation as a model for determining the interactions between brain aging and neurodevelopmental defects in the cortical cholinergic input system / Martin Sarter and John P. Bruno -- Exploring the role of acetylcholine in primate cognition using Me20.4 IgG-saporin / Rosalind M. Ridley and Harry F. Baker -- Cortical cholinergic deafferentation induces A-beta deposition: towards a physiologic animal model of Alzheimer’s disease / Thomas G. Beach ... [et al.] -- Chemical dissection of brain glucoregulatory circuitry / Sue Ritter ... [et al.] -- Cardiovascular deficits after lesions of C1 adrenergic neurons with a saporin-based immunotoxin / Patrice G. Guyenet, Ruth L. Stornetta, and Ann M. Schreihofer -- Saporin conjugates and pain / Ronald G. Wiley and Douglas A. Lappi -- The use of saporin conjugates to dissect neurons responsible for sleep and wakefulness / Carlos Blanco-Centurion ... [et al.] -- Isolectin I-B4-mediated cytotoxic targeting of sensory neurons / Lucy Vulchanova and Christopher N. Honda -- B fragment of cholera toxin conjugated to saporin / Peter T. O’hara, Kanwarjit Kelley, and Luc Jasmin. , Includes bibliographical references and index

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