Molecular and cellular physiology of neurons / Gordon L. Fain with Thomas O'Dell ; illustrations by Margery J. Fain. -- Second edition. -- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014. – (59.5912/F162/2nd.ed.)

Contents

Preface

1  Introduction

PART ONE  Electrical Properties of Cells and Homeostasis

2  Electrical Properties of Neurons

3  Ion Permeability and Membrane Potentials

4  Ion Pumps and Homeostasis

PART TWO  Active Propagation of Neural Signals

5  Action Potentials: The Hodgkin-Huxley Experiments

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

7  The Diversity of Ion Channels

PART THREE  Synaptic Transmission and Ligand-Gated Channels

8  Presynaptic Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission (revised by Thomas J. O'Dell)

9  Excitatory Transmission

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

PART FOUR  Metabotropic Transmission and Neuromodulation

11  Metabotropic Transmission: Receptors and G Proteins

12  Metabotropic Transmission: Effector Molecules

13  Metabotropic Transmission: Calcium

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

PART FIVE  Sensory Transduction

15  Mechanoreceptors

16  Photoreceptors and Olfactory Receptor Neurons

Appendix: Symbols Used

References

Index

Note: Color illustrations follow page 402