Main description:

Marine Neurotoxins, Volume Five provides comprehensive information on marine toxins present in the human food chain and the affecting targets relevant for the functioning of the brain and our nervous system, covering all the information available on their action on the physiology of neurons and glial cells, both "in vivo" or "in vitro." New sections in this release include Guanidinium Toxins: Evolution, Mode of Action and Chemical Ecology, Amnesic: Domoic Acid, Neurotoxic: Ciguatoxin and Brevetoxin, Neurotoxic: Cyclic Imines, Potentially Neurotoxic: Okadaic acid and analogues, Potentially Neurotoxic: Palytoxin, and Methods for assessing the presence of marine neurotoxins.

Contents:

1. Marine guanidinium neurotoxins: Biogenic origins and interactions, biosynthesis and pharmacology Allan D. Cembella and Lorena M. Duran-Riveroll 2. Domoic acid R. Andrew Tasker 3. Neurotoxic: Ciguatoxin and brevetoxin-From excitotoxicity to neurotherapeutics Thomas F. Murray 4. Marine-derived nicotinic receptor antagonist toxins: Pinnatoxins and alpha conotoxins Shane Dennis Hellyer 5. Potential neurotoxins: Okadaic acid and analogs Antonello Novelli, Antonio Hernandez Daranas, David Cabrera Garcia, Fernando Ascencio Salazar and Maria Teresa Fernandez-Sanchez 6. Potential neurotoxins: Palytoxins Maria-Teresa Fernandez-Sanchez, David Cabrera-Garcia, Anabel Perez-Gomez and Antonello Novelli 7. The wide spectrum of methods available to study marine neurotoxins Monica Campas, Mounira Alkassar, Greta Gaiani, Sandra Leonardo, Maria Rambla-Alegre and Jorge Diogene