Title From neuron to brain : a cellular and molecular approach to the function of the nervous system

Edition Third edition / John G. Nicholls, A. Robert Martin, Bruce G. Wallace Published Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, [1992] ©1992

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Description xx, 807 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm Contents Principles of Signaling and Organization -- Signaling in Simple Neuronal Circuits -- Organization of the Retina -- Signaling in Nerve Cells -- Cellular and Molecular Biology of Neurons -- Signals for Development of the Nervous System -- Regeneration of the Nervous System after Injury -- Signaling in the Nervous System -- Ion Channels and Signaling -- Properties of Ion Channels -- Measurement of Single-Channel Currents -- Measuring Channel Conductance -- Structure of Ion Channels -- The Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor -- A Receptor Superfamily -- Voltage-Activated Channels -- Other Channels -- Diversity of Subunits -- Cloning Receptors and Channels -- Classification of Amino Acids -- Expression of Receptors and Channels in Xenopus Oocytes -- Transport Across Cell Membranes -- The Sodium-Potassium Exchange Pump -- Calcium Pumps -- Sodium-Calcium Exchange -- Chloride Transport -- Transport of Neurotransmitters -- Molecular Structure of Transporters -- Significance of Transport Mechanisms -- Ionic Basis of the Resting Potential -- A Model Cell -- Membrane Potentials in Squid Axons -- Changes in Membrane Potential -- Ionic Basis of the Action Potential -- Sodium and Potassium Currents -- Voltage Clamp Experiments -- Gating Currents -- The Role of Calcium in Excitation -- The Voltage Clamp -- Neurons as Conductors of Electricity -- Passive Electrical Properties of Nerve and Muscle Membranes -- Propagation of Action Potentials -- Conduction in Dendrites -- Pathways for Current Flow between Cells Analysis Brain Nervous physiology Neurons Neurophysiology Nervous System / physiology Notes Includes index Rev. ed. of: From neuron to brain / Stephen W. Kuffler, John G. Nicholls, A. Robert Martin. 2nd ed. c1984 Bibliography Bibliography: pages 729-777 Subject Brain. Neurons. Neurophysiology. Brain. Neurons. Neurophysiology. Nervous System Physiological Phenomena. Neurophysiology. Author Kuffler, Stephen W. From neuron to brain Martin, A. Robert, 1928- Wallace, Bruce G., 1947- LC no. 92015974 ISBN 0878935800 (cloth)

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