List of contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. The Acetylch oline Innervation of Cerebral Cortex. 1. Phylogenetic and ontog enetic aspects of the basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and their inne rvation of the cerebral cortex
(K. Semba). 2. Structural dete rminants of the roles of acetylcholine in cerebral cortex (L. Descarries , N. Mechawar et al.). 3. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor sub types in cerebral cortex and hippocampus (L.A. Volpicelli, A.I. Levey). 4. The cholinergic innervation of the human cerebral cortex
( M.-M. Mesulam). II. Modes of Action of Acetylcholine in the Cere bral Cortex. 5. Synaptic mechanisms modulated by acetylcholine in cerebral cortex (K. Krnjevi ). 6. Functional and molecular cha racterization of neuronal nicotinic ACh receptors in rat hippocampal int erneurons (J.L. Yakel, Z. Shao). 7. The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes and their function in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex
(M. Alkondon, E.X. Albuquerque). 8. Studies of muscarinic neurotr ansmission with antimuscarinic toxins (L.T. Potter, D.D. Flynn et al