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Cell physiology sourcebook : essentials of membrane biophysics / [edited by] Nicholas Sperelakis. — 4th ed. — Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/AP, 2012. – (58.1574/C393h/4th ed.) |
Contents
CONTENTS
In Memoriam
Contributors
Foreword to the First Edition
Foreword to the Second Edition
Foreword to the Third Edition
Foreword to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Section I Biophysical Chemistry, Metabolism, Second Messengers, and Ultrastructure
1. Biophysical Chemistry of Physiological Solutions
2. Physiological Structure and Function of Proteins
3. Cell Membranes
4. Ionophores in Planar Lipid Bilayers
5. Cell Structure
6. Signal Transduction and Second Messengers
7. Calcium as an Intracellular Second Messenger: Mediation by Calcium-Binding Proteins
Section II Membrane Potential, Transport Physiology, Pumps, and Exchangers
8. Diffusion and Permeability
9. Origin of Resting Membrane Potentials
10. Gibbs-Donnan Equilibrium Potentials
11. Mechanisms of Carrier-Mediated Transport: Facilitated Diffusion, Cotransport and Countertransport
12. Active Ion Transport by ATP-Driven Ion Pumps
13. Ca2+ -ATPases
14. Na+ -Ca2+ Exchange Currents
15. Intracellular Chloride Regulation
16. Osmosis and Regulation of Cell Volume
17. Intracellular pH Regulation
Section III Membrane Excitability and Ion Channels
18. Cable Properties and Propagation of Action Potentials
19. Electrogenesis of Membrane Excitability
20. Patch-Clamp Techniques
21. Structure and Mechanism of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
22. Biology of Gap Junctions
23. Regulation of Cardiac Ion Channels by Cyclic Nucleotide-Dependent Phosphorylation
24. Direct Regulation of Ion Channels by GTP-Binding Proteins
25. Developmental Changes in Ion Channels
26. Regulation of Ion Channel Localization and Activity Through Interactions with the Cytoskeleton
27. Why are So Many Ion Channels Mechanosensitive?
Section IV Ion Channels as Targets for Toxins, Drugs, and Genetic Diseases
28. Ion Channels as Targets for Toxins
29. Ion Channels as Targets for Drugs
30. Inherited Diseases of Ion Transport
Section V Synaptic Transmission and Sensory Transduction
31. Ligand-Gated Ion Channels
32. Synaptic Transmission
33. Excitation-secretion Coupling
34. Stimulus-Response Coupling in Metabolic Sensor Cells
35. Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channels
36. Sensory Receptors and Mechanotransduction
37. Acoustic Transduction
38. Visual Transduction
39. Gustatory and Olfactory Sensory Transduction
40. Infrared Sensory Organs
41. Electroreceptors and Magnetoreceptors
Section VI Muscle and Other Contractile Systems
42. Skeletal Muscle Excitability
43. Cardiac Action Potentials
44. Smooth Muscle Excitability
45. Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle
46. Contraction of Muscles: Mechanochemistry
47. Flagella, Cilia, Actin- and Centrin-based Movement
48. Electrocytes of Electric Fish
Section VII Protozoa and Bacteria
49. Physiological Adaptations of Protists
50. Physiology of Prokaryotic Cells
Section VIII Specialized Processes: Photosynthesis and Bioluminescence
51. Photosynthesis
52. Bioluminescence
Appendix
Index