The neuron : cell and molecular biology / Irwin B. Levitan, Leonard K. Kaczmarek. -- Fourth edition -- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c2015. – (59.591 /L666 /4th ed.)

Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition  ix

Preface to the Third Edition  xi

Preface to the Second Edition  xiii

Preface to the First Edition  xv

How to Use the Online Textbook  xvii

I. Introduction

1. Signaling in the Brain

2. Form and Function in Cells of the Brain  23

II. Electrical Properties of Neurons

3. Electrical Signaling in Neurons  41

4. Membrane Ion Channels and Ion Currents  63

5. Ion Channels Are Membrane Proteins  85

6. Ion Channels, Membrane Ion Currents, and the Action Potential  103

7. Diversity in the Structure and Function of Ion Channels  127

III. Intercellular Communication

8. How Neurons Communicate: Gap Junctions and Neurosecretion  153

9. Synaptic Release of Neurotransmitters  187

10. Neurotransmitters and Neurohormones  213

11. Receptors and Transduction Mechanisms I: Receptors Coupled Directly to Ion Channels

12. Receptors and Transduction Mechanisms II: Indirectly Coupled Receptor/Ion Channel Systems  263

13. Sensory Receptors  295

IV. Behavior and Plasticity

14. The Birth and Death of a Neuron  329

15. Neuronal Growth and Trophic Factors  353

16. Adhesion Molecules and Axon Pathfinding  387

17. Formation, Maintenance, and Plasticity of Chemical Synapses  415

18. Intrinsic Neuronal Properties, Neural Networks, and Behavior  457

19. Learning and Memory  489

Bibliography  529

Index  553