Book[edited by] Nicholas Sperelakis.
Contents:
Sect. I. Biophysical chemistry, metabolism, second messengers, and ultrastructure. Biophysical chemistry of physiological solutions / Jeffrey c. Freedman
Physiological structure and function of proteins / Matthew R. Pincus
Cell membranes / Jeffrey C. Freedman
Ionophores in planar lipid bilayers / Jeffrey C. Freedman
Cell structure / Michael S. Forbes
Signal transduction and second messengers / Aldebaran M. Hofer
Calcium as an intracellular second messenger: mediation by calcium-binding proteins / John R. Dedman and Marcia A. Kaetzel
Sect. II. Membrane potential, transport physiology, pumps, and exchangers. Diffusion and permeability / Nicholas Sperelakis and Jeffrey C. Freedman
Origin of resting membrane potentials / Nicholas Sperelakis
Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium potentials / Nicholas Sperelakis
Mechanisms of carrier-mediated transport: facilitated diffusion, cotransport and countertransport / Steven M. Grassl
Active ion transport by ATP-driven ion pumps / Robert A. Farley
Ca2+ -ATPases / Tracy J. Pritchard, Istvan Edes and Evangelia G. Kranias
Na+ -Ca2+ exchange currents / John H.B. Bridge, Natalia S. Torres and Michela Ottolia
Intracellular chloride regulation / Francisco J. Alvarez-Leefmans
Osmosis and regulation of cell volume / Clive M. Baumgarten and Joseph J. Feher
Intracellular pH regulation / Robert W. Putnam
Sect. III. Membrane excitability and ion channels. Cable properties and propagation of action potentials / Nicholas sperelakis
Electrogenesis of membrane excitability / Nicholas Sperelakis
Patch-clamp techniques / Laura Conforti
Structure and mechanism of voltage-gated ion channels / Simon Rock Levinson and William A. Sather
Biology of gap junctions / Richard D. Veenstra
Regulation of cardiac ion channels by cyclic nucleotide-dependent phosphorylation / Gordon M. Wahler and Nicholas Sperelakis
Direct regulation of ion channels by GTP-binding proteins / Atsushi Inanobe and Yoshihisa Kurachi
Developmental changes in ion channels / Takeshi Kobayashi ... [et al.]
Regulation of ion channel localization and activity through interactions with the cytoskeleton / Stephen Lambert
Why are so many ion channels mechanosensitives? / Catherine E. Morris
Sect. IV. Ion channels as targets for toxins, drugs, and genetic diseases. Ion channels as targets for toxins / Kenneth M. Blumenthal
Ion channels as targets for drugs / Seth Robey, Kevin J. Sampson and Robert S. Kass
Inherited diseases of ion transport / Robert A. Farley
Sect. V. Synaptic transmission and sensory transduction. Ligand-gated ion channels / Kenneth R. Tovar and Gary L. Westbrook
Synaptic transmission / Janusz B. Suszkiw
Excitation-secretion coupling / Nicole Gallo-Payet and Marcel Daniel Payet
Stimulus-response coupling in metabolic sensor cells / Stan Misler
Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels / Anita L. Zimmerman
Sensory receptors and mechanotransduction / Andrew S. French and Päivi H. Torkkeli
Acoustic transduction / Daniel C. Marcus
Visual transduction / Anita L. Zimmerman
Gustatory and olfactory sensory transduction / Stephen D. Roper
Infrared sensory organs / Stephen D. Roper and Michael S. Grace
Electroreceptors and magnetoreceptors / Timothy C. Tricas and Bruce A. Carlson
Sect. VI. Muscle and other contractile systems. Skeletal muscle excitability / Nicholas Sperelakis, Judith Heiny and Hugo gonzalez-Serratos
Cardiac action potentials / Gordon M. Wahler
Smooth muscle excitability / Neil D. Detweiler ... [et al.]
Excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle / Judith A. Heiny and Gerhard Meissner
Contraction of muscles: mechanochemistry / Richard J. Paul
Flagella, cilia, actin- and centrin-based movement / Kenneth W. Foster
Electrocytes of electric fish / Anthony L. Gotter, Marcia A. Kaetzel and John R. Dedman
Sect. VII. Protozoa and bacteria. Physiological adaptations of protists / Michael Levandowsky
Physiology of prokaryotic cells / Dennis W. Grogan
Sect. VIII. Specialized processes: photosynthesis and bioluminescence. Photosynthesis / Darrell Fleischman
bioluminescence / J. Woodland Hastings.