The excitatory amino acids (EAAs) as neurotransmitters are of vast and rapidly expanding interest. This volume relates current knowledge of the EAAs back to the synapse, where many of their physiologically relevant actions must occur. Excitatory Amino Acids and Synaptic Transmission is the first book to do so. A multinational team of experts have contributed not only novel, but in some cases, controversial material, reflecting the competition between research groups on both sides of the Atlantic. Key Features * Features a complete glossary * Includes one common reference list * Useful as a teaching tool for undergraduates and postgraduates * Can be used as a reference text for experts * Presents a marriage of up-to-date molecular biology and biophysics with a traditional approach to the function of synapses in the central nervous system