Neurocytochemical Methods (NATO ASI SERIES)

The book is aimed at providing researchers, postgraduate students, neurologists, and biological laboratory staff with accurate and up-to-date descriptions of most recent and powerful neurocytochemical methods: localization and co-localization of neurotransmitters; study of their cellular and sub-cellular interactions; histological and ultrastructural detection of receptors; quantification of mediators;hodology and 3-D reconstruction of neurons; cytofunctional approach of axonal transport, of genic expression, and of physiological effects of neurotransmitters (PET, voltage- or ion-sensitive dyes). The possibilities limits, technical difficulties, and applications of these techniques and of their possible combinations on the same tissue are emphasized.