Fain, Gordon L. <br/><br/>
Molecular and cellular physiology of neurons / 
Gordon L. Fain. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Harvard University Press,  1999. 
 - x, 693 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-684) and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents<br/><br/>1.Introduction<br/><br/>Part. 1. Electrical properties of cells and homeostasis. <br/>2.Passive electrical properties of neurons<br/>3.Ion permeability and membrane potentials <br/>4.Ion pumps and homeostasis <br/><br/>Part. 2. Active propagation of neural signals.<br/>5.Action potentials: the Hodgkin-Huxley experiments <br/>6.The structure and function of voltage-gated channels <br/>7.The diversity of voltage-gated channels <br/><br/>Part. 3. Synaptic transmission and ligand-gated channels. <br/>8.Presynaptic mechanisms of synaptic transmission<br/>9.Excitatory transmission<br/>10.Inhibitory transmission <br/><br/>Part. 4. Metabotropic transmission and neuromodulation. <br/>11.Receptors and G proteins <br/>12.Effector molecules<br/>13.Calcium and nitric oxide<br/>14.Long-term potentiation / by Thomas O'Dell <br/><br/>Part. 5. Sensory transduction. <br/>15.Mechanoreceptors<br/>16.Photoreceptors and olfactory receptors. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0674581555 (alk. paper) 9780674581555 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Neurons.<br/>Neurophysiology.<br/>Molecular neurobiology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>WL 102.5 F162m 1999