part PART 1 Ionotropic glutamate receptors -- chapter 1 Ionotropic glutamate receptors: functional and pharmacological properties in relation to constituent subunits / chapter 2 Structure of ionotropic glutamate receptors / chapter 3 Glutamate receptor trafficking / chapter 4 Pharmacology of NMDA receptors / chapter 5 Pharmacology of AMPA/kainate receptors / part PART 2 Metabotropic glutamate receptors -- chapter 6 Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs): structure and function / chapter 7 Pharmacology of metabotropic glutamate receptors / part PART 3 GABAA receptors -- chapter 8 Insights into GABAA receptor complexity from the study of cerebellar granule cells: synaptic and extrasynaptic receptors / chapter 9 GABAA receptor complex: structure and function / chapter 10 Ligands for the GABAA receptor complex / part PART 4 Metabotropic GABA receptors -- chapter 11 Molecular structure of the GABAB receptors / chapter 12 Pharmacology of GABAB receptors N.G. BOWERY -- part PART 5 Glutamate and GABA transporters -- chapter 13 Structure, function and regulation of glutamate transporters / chapter 14 GABA transporters: functional and pharmacological properties / part PART 6 Pathophysiology and therapeutic prospects -- chapter 15 Transgenic models for glutamate receptor function / chapter 16 Transgenic models for GABAA-receptor function / chapter 17 Glutamatergic transmission: therapeutic prospects for schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease / chapter 18 Modulators of the GABAA receptor: novel therapeutic prospects