Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Neurons: Second Edition

Gordon L. Fain

Published by Harvard University Press 2014

Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Neurons

Gordon L. Fain

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674735644

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One. Electrical Properties of Cells and Homeostasis
2. Electrical Properties of Neurons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3. Ion Permeability and Membrane Potentials Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
4. Ion Pumps and Homeostasis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Part Two. Active Propagation of Neural Signals
5. Action Potentials: The Hodgkin-Huxley Experiments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
6 The Structure and Function of Voltage- Gated Na⁺ and K⁺ Channels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
7. The Diversity of Ion Channels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Part Three. Synaptic Transmission and Ligand- Gated Channels
8. Presynaptic Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission (revised by Thomas J. O’Dell) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
9. Excitatory Transmission Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	328
10. Inhibitory Transmission (revised by Thomas J. O’Dell) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
Part Four. Metabotropic Transmission and Neuromodulation
11. Metabotropic Transmission: Receptors and G Proteins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
12. Metabotropic Transmission: Effector Molecules Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	441
13. Metabotropic Transmission: Calcium Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	476
14. Long- Term Potentiation (originally written and newly revised by Thomas J. O’Dell) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	509
Part Five. Sensory Transduction
15. Mechanoreceptors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	545
16. Photoreceptors and Olfactory Receptor Neurons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	583
Appendix: Symbols Used Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	629
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	633
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	723

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Second Edition
Pages
- Main content: 752
Illustrations
- Other: 16 color illustrations, 229 line illustrations, 2 tables

eBook

Published: November 3, 2014
ISBN: 9780674735644