Ganglioside function : biochemical and pharmacological implications : [proceedings of the satellite meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry, held in Cortona, Italy, August 28-31, 1975]

Chemistry and Biochemistry of Gangliosides.- Structure and Specificity of Gangliosides.- On a Molecular, Microscale Fingerprinting of Gangliosides.- Biosynthesis of Brain Gangliosides.- Scanning Electron Microscopic and Glycosphingolipid Biosynthetic Studies of Differentiating Mouse Neuroblastoma Cells.- Brain Neuraminidase and Gangliosides.- The Functional Biochemistry of Gangliosides.- Gangliosides of the Neuron: Localization and Origin.- Subcellular Distribution and Possible Role of Gangliosides in the CNS.- Gangliosides and Proteins of Brain Synaptic Components.- Biochemical Evidence on the Role of Gangliosides in Nerve-Endings.- Possible Functional Role of Gangliosides.- Retinal Gangliosides: Composition, Evolution with Age. Biosynthetic and Metabolic Approaches.- Gangliosides and Toxins.- Interaction of Cholera Toxin and Ganglioside GM1.- The Role of Gangliosides in the Action of Cholera Toxin.- The Relationship between the Action of Tetanus Toxin and its Binding by Mem branes and Gangliosides.- Gangliosides in Experimental Pathology and Pharmacology.- History of Recognition Molecules in the Brain, With special reference to the pharmacology of brain gangliosides.- Rat Brain Gangliosides following Drug Addiction and Nutritional Deficiency.- Effects of Brain Gangliosides on Functional Recovery in Experimental Regeneration and Reinnervation.- Participants.