Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Overview of the NMDA receptor by Hisashi Mori.- 2. Synaptic and extra-synaptic NMDA receptors in the CNS by Thomas Papouin and Stéphane H.R. Oliet.- 3. Functional Distribution and Regulation of the NMDAR in the Kidney, Heart and Parathyroid Gland by Milica Bozic and José M. Valdivielso.- 4. Rapid Antidepressant Activity of Ketamine beyond NMDA Receptor by Kenji Hashimoto.- 5. D-aspartate, an atypical amino acid with NMDA receptor agonist features: involvement in schizophrenia by F. Errico and A. Usiello.- 6. NMDA Receptors and Signaling in Chronic Neuropathic Pain by Geoffroy Laumet, Shao-Rui Chen, and Hui-Lin Pan.- 7. Role of NMDA receptors in pancreatic islets by Okka Scholz, Alena Welters and Eckhard Lammert.- 8. NMDA Receptor in Bone by Yukio Yoneda.