TY - BOOK ID - 94146007 TI - Structure and Function of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule NCAM AU - Berezin, Vladimir AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2010 SN - 9781441911704 9781441911711 9781461425458 9781441911698 PB - New York, NY Springer New York DB - UniCat KW - General biochemistry KW - Physiology of nerves and sense organs KW - Human physiology KW - Neuropathology KW - neurologie KW - neurochemie KW - fysiologie KW - neurobiologie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:94146007 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 -