Bioelectrochemistry of cells and tissues /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Walz, D. (Dieter), 1938-, Berg, Hermann, 1924-, Milazzo, Giulio
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, [1995]
Series:Bioelectrochemistry (Basel, Switzerland) ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Electric organs and their innervation : a model system for the study of cholinergic function
  • Anatomy and embryology of the electromotor system
  • Electrophysiology of the electromotor system
  • Electrolocation and electrocommunication
  • The cellular and molecular biology of cholinergic synapses as deduced from work on the electromotor system / V.P. Whittaker
  • Contractility and motility of muscle and non-muscle cells
  • Histology of striated muscle cells
  • Muscle physiology
  • The sliding filament model.
  • Actin and myosin are proteins organized in filaments
  • Actin and myosin exist in a number of variants
  • The atomic structures of actin and myosin subfragment 1 have been solved
  • The cross-bridge cycle
  • The mechanism of ATP-hydrolysis by myosin and acto-myosin
  • Where in the myosin molecule is the force produced?
  • The regulation of muscle activity
  • Electrochemical coupling in muscle cells
  • Muscle diseases (myopathies)
  • Motor systems in non-muscle cells / H.G. Mannherz
  • Light-transduction in photoreceptors.
  • Structure and function of photoreceptors
  • Molecular basis of phototransduction
  • Light-induced currents
  • Function of calcium ions in photoreception
  • Voltage-gated currents and their physiological significance
  • Ion transport / K. Nagy and H. Stieve
  • An electrochemical description of metabolism
  • Cellular structure and enzyme organisation
  • Cellular energy transduction
  • Proton and electron flow in intracellular structures
  • Importance of electrical processes in the control of metabolism.
  • Significance of cellular potentials
  • Theoretical considerations
  • Relevant experimental studies
  • Electrochemical regulation of metabolism / M.N. Berry and M.B. Grivell
  • The low-frequency dielectric properties of biological cells
  • Theory of the dielectric experiment
  • Mechanisms of dielectric dispersion in biological systems
  • Mechanisms of dielectric relaxation in cell suspensions and tissues
  • Nonlinear interactions of cells with electrical fields.
  • A four state enzyme capable of harvesting electrical energy for the performance of useful (bio)chemical work / C.L. Davey and D.B. Kell
  • Dielectrophoretic and electrorotation behaviour of cells : theory and experiment
  • Theoretical background
  • Cell dielectrophoresis
  • Cell electrorotation
  • Relationship between dielectrophoresis and electrorotation / R. Pethig and Y. Huang
  • Effects of magnetic fields on living systems
  • Field types and modes of action
  • Experimental in vitro results
  • Experimental in vivo results / S.D. Smith, A.R. Liboff and B.R. McLeod.
  • Low-frequency electromagnetic field effects on cell metabolism
  • Experimental techniques
  • Biochemical and biological response of biological systems
  • Current models for mechanisms of electrostimulation / H. Berg.