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Molecular and cellular physiology of neurons /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fain, Gordon L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Subjects:
Neurons > physiology.
Molecular Biology.
Neurobiology.
Neurophysiology.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Electrical properties of cells and homeostasis
  • Passive electrical properties of neurons
  • Ion permeability and membrane potentials
  • Ion pumps and homeostasis
  • Pt. 2. Active propagation of neural signals
  • Action potentials: the Hodgkin-Huxley experiments
  • The structure and function of voltage-gated channels
  • The diversity of voltage-gated channels
  • Pt. 3. Synaptic transmission and ligand-gated channels
  • Presynaptic mechanisms of synaptic transmission
  • Excitatory transmission
  • Inhibitory transmission
  • Pt. 4. Metabotropic transmission and neuromodulation
  • Receptors and G proteins
  • Effector molecules
  • Calcium and nitric oxide
  • Long-term potentiation
  • Pt. 5. Sensory transduction
  • Mechanoreceptors
  • Photoreceptors and olfactory receptors.