Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Overview of the NMDA receptor
by Hisashi Mori
2. Synaptic and extra-synaptic NMDA receptors in the CNSby Thomas Papouin and Stephane H.R. Oliet
3. Functional Distribution and Regulation of the NMDAR in the Kidney, Heart and Parathyroid Glandby Milica Bozic and Jose M. Valdivielso
4. Rapid Antidepressant Activity of Ketamine beyond NMDA Receptorby Kenji Hashimoto
5. D-aspartate, an atypical amino acid with NMDA receptor agonist features: involvement in schizophreniaby F. Errico and A. Usiello1
6. NMDA Receptors and Signaling in Chronic Neuropathic Painby Geoffroy Laumet, Shao-Rui Chen, and Hui-Lin Pan
7. Role of NMDA receptors in pancreatic isletsby Okka Scholz, Alena Welters and Eckhard Lammert
8. NMDA Receptor in Boneby Yukio Yoneda