An introduction to membrane transport and bioelectricity : foundations of general physiology and electrochemical signaling /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Raven Press,
[1994]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Raven Press series in physiology.
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Table of Contents:
- Membrane composition and structure
- Diffusion of nonelectrolytes
- Osmosis
- Diffusion of electrolytes: general considerations
- Ion diffusion through biological channels
- Carrier-mediated transport
- Pump-leak model, the origin of transmembrane electrical potential differences, and the maintenance of cell volume
- Resting potentials and action potentials in excitable cells
- Ionic mechanisms underlying the action potential
- Propagation of the action potentials
- Extracellular recordings from excitable membranes
- Neuromuscular and synaptic transmission
- Synaptic transmission in the central nervous system
- Synaptic plasticity
- Electrical circuit analysis of the nerve membrane : the Hodgkin and Huxley approach.