Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neruobiology discusses aspects of neural protein metabolism and clearly shows that it is very much "alive and active" in the nervous system and represents and essential part of brain functions.

Contents

1. Regulation of Protein Metabolism
2. Cell Adhesion Molecules of the Immunoglobulin Superfamily in the Nervous System
3. Neurosecretory Protein Trafficking and Dense-Core Granule Biogenesis in Neuroendocrine Cells
4. Protein Synthesis at Synaptic Sites on Dendrites
5. Emerging Functions of the "Ca²⁺ Buffers" Parvalbumin, Calbindin D-28k and Calretinin in the Brain
6. Actin, Actin-binding Proteins and Myosins in Nervous System
7. Transglutaminase
8. Protein Alterations in Mental Retardation
9. Protein Sulfation
10. Protein Folding
11. Neurodegenerative Dementias Involving Aberrant Protein Aggregation
12. Polyglutamine Diseases
13. The Proteasome, Protein Aggregation, and Neurodegeneration
14. Serine Proteases
15. Calpatin as a Target for Prevention of Neuronal Death in Injuries and Diseases of the Central Nervous System
16. Secretase Processing of Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) and Neurodegeneration
17. The Biology of Caspases in Central Nervous System Trauma
18. Microglial Proteases
19. MMPs and Other Matrix-Degrading Metalloproteinases in Neurological Disease
20. Protease Inhibitors and Their Involvement in Neurological Disorders
21. Neuropeptidases
22. Ubiquitination and Proteasomal Protein Degradation in Neurons
23. Protease Activity in the Aging Brain
24. From Concept to Potential Therapeutics: Neuroprotective Peptides

Index
See also:
Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology: Behavioral Neurochemistry and Neuroendocrinology

Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology: Brain Energetics, Integration of Molecular and Cellular Processes

Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology: Neural Membranes and Transport

Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology: Neuroactive Proteins and Peptides

Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology: Practical Neurochemistry Methods

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