Molecular and cellular physiology of neurons / Gordon L. Fain.
Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.Description: x, 693 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0674581555 (alk. paper)
- 9780674581555
- WL 102.5 F162m 1999
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Health Sciences Library | WL 102.5 F162m 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22030985 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-684) and index.
Contents
1.Introduction
Part. 1. Electrical properties of cells and homeostasis.
2.Passive electrical properties of neurons
3.Ion permeability and membrane potentials
4.Ion pumps and homeostasis
Part. 2. Active propagation of neural signals.
5.Action potentials: the Hodgkin-Huxley experiments
6.The structure and function of voltage-gated channels
7.The diversity of voltage-gated channels
Part. 3. Synaptic transmission and ligand-gated channels.
8.Presynaptic mechanisms of synaptic transmission
9.Excitatory transmission
10.Inhibitory transmission
Part. 4. Metabotropic transmission and neuromodulation.
11.Receptors and G proteins
12.Effector molecules
13.Calcium and nitric oxide
14.Long-term potentiation / by Thomas O'Dell
Part. 5. Sensory transduction.
15.Mechanoreceptors
16.Photoreceptors and olfactory receptors.
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