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Molecular and cellular physiology of neurons / Gordon L. Fain.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.Description: x, 693 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0674581555 (alk. paper)
  • 9780674581555
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • WL 102.5 F162m 1999
Contents:
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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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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