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Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Neurons

  • Gordon L. Fain
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2014
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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Preface

    ix
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    1. Introduction

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  • Part One. Electrical Properties of Cells and Homeostasis
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    2. Electrical Properties of Neurons

    31
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    3. Ion Permeability and Membrane Potentials

    70
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    4. Ion Pumps and Homeostasis

    107
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  • Part Two. Active Propagation of Neural Signals
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    5. Action Potentials: The Hodgkin-Huxley Experiments

    145
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    6 The Structure and Function of Voltage- Gated Na+ and K+ Channels

    192
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    7. The Diversity of Ion Channels

    231
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  • Part Three. Synaptic Transmission and Ligand- Gated Channels
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    8. Presynaptic Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission (revised by Thomas J. O’Dell)

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    9. Excitatory Transmission

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    10. Inhibitory Transmission (revised by Thomas J. O’Dell)

    385
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  • Part Four. Metabotropic Transmission and Neuromodulation
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    11. Metabotropic Transmission: Receptors and G Proteins

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    12. Metabotropic Transmission: Effector Molecules

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    13. Metabotropic Transmission: Calcium

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    14. Long- Term Potentiation (originally written and newly revised by Thomas J. O’Dell)

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  • Part Five. Sensory Transduction
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    15. Mechanoreceptors

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    16. Photoreceptors and Olfactory Receptor Neurons

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    Appendix: Symbols Used

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    References

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    Index

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November 3, 2014
eBook ISBN:
9780674735644
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Second Edition
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752
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16 color illustrations, 229 line illustrations, 2 tables
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674735644
eBook ISBN: 9780674735644
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