TY - BOOK ID - 7616197 TI - Structure and function of the neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM PY - 2010 SN - 1441911715 1441911693 9786612831669 1441911707 1282831666 PB - New York : Springer Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Molecular neurobiology. KW - Neurochemistry. KW - Neurons -- Physiology. KW - Molecular neurobiology KW - Neurochemistry KW - Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules KW - Physiology KW - Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal KW - Biological Science Disciplines KW - Natural Science Disciplines KW - Cell Adhesion Molecules KW - Antigens, Surface KW - Membrane Glycoproteins KW - Disciplines and Occupations KW - Antigens KW - Membrane Proteins KW - Glycoproteins KW - Proteins KW - Biological Factors KW - Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins KW - Chemicals and Drugs KW - Neurology KW - Neuroscience KW - Human Anatomy & Physiology KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Cell adhesion molecules. KW - Biomolecules. KW - Biological molecules KW - Adhesion molecules (Cytology) KW - Adhesion substances (Cytology) KW - Cell adhesion substances KW - Intercellular adhesion molecules KW - Morphoregulatory molecules KW - Medicine. KW - Human physiology. KW - Neurosciences. KW - Neurobiology. KW - Biomedicine. KW - Human Physiology. KW - Neurosciences KW - Biochemistry KW - Neural sciences KW - Neurological sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Nervous system KW - Human biology KW - Human body KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Life sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Molecules KW - Molecular biology KW - Biomolecules KW - Desmosomes KW - Hemidesmosomes UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7616197 AB - Adhesive interactions are important for cell trafficking, differentiation, function and tissue formation. In the nervous system, many cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are involved in migration of neuroblasts, outgrowth and fasciculation of neuronal processes, formation of synapses and rearrangements of synaptic contacts associated with plasticity including learning and memory. More than eighty CAMs were found to be localized at synaptic sites, where they in a regulated manner bridge pre- and postsynaptic specializations thereby modulating synaptic function. Structure and Function of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule NCAM describes recent developments concerning structural, functional and possible therapeutic aspects of one particular CAM, the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM). NCAM is one of the first identified and most studied CAMs, and this book is the first attempt to collectively summarize our current knowledge of this important cell adhesion molecule. ER -