http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xxiii, 493 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm + 1 optical computer disc (4 3/4 in.).
Neurons -- Neuron-glial cell cooperation -- Ionic fluxes across the neuronal plasma membrane -- Basic properties of excitable cells at rest -- The voltage-gated channels of Na⁺ Action potentials -- The voltage-gated channels of Ca²⁺ action potentials : generalization -- The chemical synapses -- Neurotransmitter release -- The ionotropic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors -- The ionotropic GABAa receptor -- The ionotropic glutamate receptors -- Ionotropic mechanoreceptors : the mechanosensitive channels -- The metabotropic GABAb receptors -- The metabotropic glutamate receptors -- The metabotropic olfactory receptors -- Somato-dendritic processing of postsysaptic potentials I : Passive properties of dendrites -- Subliminal voltage-gated currents of the somato-dendritic membrane -- Somato-dendritic processing of postsysaptic potentials II : Role of subliminal depolarizing voltage-gated currents -- Somato-dendritic processing of postsysaptic potentials III : Role of high-voltage-activated depolarizing currents -- Firing patterns of neurons -- Synaptic plasticity -- The adult hippocampal network -- Maturation of the hippocampal network
Includes bibliographical references and index.