Cellular and molecular neurophysiology / Constance Hammond. — 3rd ed. — Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2008. – (59.5912/H225/3rd ed.)

Contents

    Contents
    
    List of Contributors vii
    Foreword ix
    Acknowledgements x
    1 Neurons 1
    2 Neuron-glial cell cooperation 21
    3 Ionic gradients， membrane potential and ionic currents 29
    4 The voltage-gated channels of Na+ action potentials 45
    5 The voltage-gated channels of Ca2+ action potentials: Generalization 83
    6 The chemical synapses 111
    7 Neurotransmitter release 134
    8 The ionotropic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors 160
    9 The ionotropic GABAA receptor 186
    10 The ionotropic glutamate receptors 209
    11 The metabotropic GABAB receptors 232
    12 The metabotropic glutamate receptors 256
    13 Somato-dendritic processing of postsynaptic potentials I: Passive properties of dendrites 271
    14 Subliminal voltage-gated currents of the somato-dendritic membrane 279
    15 Somato-dendritic processing of postsynaptic potentials II: Role of subliminal depolarizing voltage-gated currents 294
    16 Somato-dendritic processing of postsynaptic potentials III: Role of high-voltage-activated depolarizing currents 308
    17 Firing patterns of neurons 325
    18 Synaptic plasticity 342
    19 The adult hippocampal network 368
    20 Maturation of the hippocampal network 386
    Index 399