Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the receptors for gangliosides and related
glycosphingolipids on central and peripheral nervous system cell membranes. The chapter
focuses on the detection and characterization of novel protein receptors for gangliosides
and related glycosphingolipids in the nervous system. The incorporated strategy is to identify
ganglioside (and related) binding activities using synthetic glycosphingolipid-based
radioligands, to characterize the structural and tissue specificity of binding activities, and to …