NIDA Research Monograph, Number 78 [Printed in 1987]
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Table of Contents
Preface-----v
External Factors Influencing Brain Development-----1
Bruce S. McEwen
Rearrangement of Synapses During Development-----15
Jeff W. Lichtman
Drug-Vulnerable Events in Neuronal Development: Implications for the Selection of Test Methodologies-----30
Linda Patia Spear
Alcohol and Brain Development-----45
James R. West, Charles R. Goodlett, and Sandra J. Kelly
Endogenous Opioids, Opioid Receptors, and Neuronal Development-----61
Ian S. Zagon
Endocrine Consequences of Perinatal Methadone Exposure-----72
Cynthia Kuhn, Lisa Bero, Diane Zgnar, Scott Lurie, and Elizabeth Field
Cellular Mechanisms of Noradrenergic Enhancement of Long-Term Synaptic Potentiation in Hippocampus-----95
Daniel Johnston, William F. Hopkins, and Richard Gray
Neuronal Adaptation in the Hippocampus Induced by Long-Term Ethanol Exposure-----108
Don W. Walker and Bruce E. Hunter
Amphetamine Changes Neostriatal Morphology-----132
Philip M. Groves, Lawrence J. Ryan, and Jean C. Linder
Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-Dependent Alterations in Brain Structure-----143
Philip W. Landfield
Mechanisms of Tolerance to Opiates in Locus Coeruleus Neurons-----158
Macdonald J. Christie, John T. Williams, and R. Alan North
Cholinergic Modulation of Sensory Responses in Cerebral Cortex-----169
John P. Donoghue
Control of the Neuronal Receptive Field in Somatosensory Cortex-----189
Robert W. Dykes
List of NIDA Research Monographs-----206
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