TY - BOOK AU - Fain,Gordon L. TI - Molecular and cellular physiology of neurons SN - 0674581555 (alk. paper) AV - WL 102.5 F162m 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - Neurons KW - Neurophysiology KW - Molecular neurobiology N1 - 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 ER -