Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Physiology of Excitable Membranes; Copyright Page; FOREWORD; Table of Contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1.IONIC MECHANISMS OF EXCITABILITY OF NERVE CELLS; METHODS OF INVESTIGATION; MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE IONIC CURRENT IN A SOMATIC MEMBRANE; CONCLUSION.; REFERENCES; PART I: CHARGE MOVEMENT IN NERVE MEMBRANE; CHAPTER 2.CHARGE MOVEMENT IN NERVE MEMBRANE. CHAIRMAN'S INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. SODIUM CHANNELS AND THEIR GATING CURRENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4.COMPONENTS OF THE ASYMMETRY CURRENT IN THE SQUID GIANT AXON; Time course of the asymmetry current; Initial rising phase
  • Steady-state distribution of the fast componentRelaxation time constant of the fast component; Inactivation of the fast component; Slow components of the asymmetry current and ionic artifacts; Models of the sodium system; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5.ISOTOPE EFFECTS ON IONIC CURRENTS AND INTRAMEMBRANE CHARGE MOVEMENTS IN MYXICOLA AXONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MODELS OF SODIUM CHANNEL GATING; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6.BLOCK OF SODIUM CHANNELS BY INTERNALLY APPLIED DRUGS: TWO RECEPTORS FOR TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY AMINE COMPOUNDS?; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 7.FLUCTUATION EXPERIMENTS ON SODIUM CHANNELS OF NERVEThe Conductances of the Na Channel; Activation-Inactivation Coupling; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. EFFECTS OF OENANTHOTOXIN ON SODIUM CURRENT AND INTRA-MEMBRANE CHARGE MOVEMENT IN FROG NODE OF RANVIER; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9.DRUG-INDUCED BLOCKAGE OF GATING AND SODIUM CURRENTS IN MYELINATED NERVE; References; CHAPTER 10.CHARGE MOVEMENT IN NERVE MEMBRANE. CONCLUDING REMARKS; PART II: CALCIUM ELECTROGENESIS; CHAPTER 11.MEMBRANE-POTENTIAL DEPENDENT Ca CHANNELS
  • CHAPTER 12.ACTIVATION AND INACTIVATION OF THE CALCIUM CHANNELREFERENCES; CHAPTER 13.THREE DISTINCT EFFECTS MEDIATED BY CALCIUM IONS ON ELECTRICAL MEMBRANE PROPERTIES OF HELIX NEURONS; METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 14. CALCIUM PUMPS AND ELECTROGENESIS; INTRODUCTION; PUMPS AND LEAKS IN CELLULAR CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; VOLTAGE SENSITIVITY OF CALCIUM PUMPS; IMPLICATIONS FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 15.THE CALCIUM CURRENT OF A VERTEBRATE NEURONE; REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 16.ALTERATION OF Na AND Ca SPIKES INDUCED BY CYTOCHALASIN B AND COLCHICINE IN TISSUE-CULTURED NERVE CELLS OF ADULT MAMMALSREFERENCES; CHAPTER 17.CALCIUM INDEPENDENCE OF SLOW CURRENTS UNDERLYING SPIKE FREQUENCY ADAPTATION; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 18.CALCIUM ELECTROGENESIS. CONCLUDING REMARKS; PART III: OPTICAL CHANGES DURING ELECTROGENESIS; CHAPTER 19.INTRODUCTION ON OPTICAL CHANGES IN NEURONAL ELECTROGENESIS RELATED TO SOME ASPECTS OF MACROMOLECULAR MOTION; 1. Structural analysis during an action potential