Cell Physiology
1st Edition
0071464743
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9780071464741
© 2006 | Published: May 17, 2006
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- Chapter 1 Cellular Processes
- Overview
- Communication
- Control
- Chapter 2 Cell Membranes
- Lipids
- Proteins
- Channels
- Pumps
- Transporters
- Membrane Receptors
- Transport Across Cell Membranes
- Transport Across Epithelial Cells
- Chapter 3 Channels and the Control of Membrane Potential
- Measuring Membrane Potentials
- Separation of Charge
- Generation of the Resting Potential
- Factors That Control Ion Movements
- The Nernst Equilibrium Potential
- The Resting Potential
- Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz Equation
- Changes in Membrane Potential
- Passive Properties of a Small Round Cell
- Passive Properties of a Long Cylindrical Cell
- Chapter 4 Sensory Generator Potentials
- Sensory Adaptation
- Chapter 5 Action Potentials
- Role of Voltage-Sensitive Sodium Channels
- Voltage Clamping
- Threshold
- Refractory Periods
- Myelination
- Diseases
- Drugs and Toxins
- Extracellular Recordings—Compound Action Potentials
- Cardiac Action Potentials
- Cardiac Muscle Action Potentials
- SA and AV Node Action Potentials
- Effects of Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Innervation
- Chapter 6 Synapses
- Presynaptic Processes
- Amino Acids
- Catecholamines
- Purines
- Peptides
- Postsynaptic Processes
- The Neuromuscular Junction—a Specialized Synapse
- Central Nervous System Synapses
- Integration of Synaptic Currents
- CNS-Modulatory Neurotransmitters
- Presynaptic Inhibition
- Chapter 7 Muscle
- Force Generation and Shortening
- Control of Intracellular Calcium
- Mechanical Output
- Answers to Study Questions
- Practice Examination
- Answers to Practice Examination
- Index