Mechanisms in cell physiology / by Michele Mazzanti. -- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022. – (58.1574/M477)

Contents

Preface
Chapter 1  Introduction
1.1 The concept of living matter in Physiology
1.2 The concept of separation
1.3 The concept of energy
1.4 The concept of work
Bibliography
Chapter 2  Separators
2.1 The electric membrane model
2.2 The plasma membrane
2.3 Intracellular membrane
2.4 The Epithelia
Bibliography
Data Sheet 2.1 The electric membrane model
Chapter 3  Accumulators
3.1 Energy storage in biological systems
3.2 The accumulation of potential energy
3.3 The calcium homeostasis
3.4 Ionic reserves
3.5 The membrane potential
Bibliography
Data Sheet 3.1 Donnan balance (Gibbs-Donnan balance)
Data Sheet 3.2 Calculating the equilibrium potential of ions according to the reported concentrations in table 3.2
Data Sheet 3.3 The membrane potential in a neuron
Data Sheet 3.4 The microelectrode
Chapter 4  Transporters
4.1 Diffusion
4.2 The movement of water
4.3 Transporters
4.4 Ionic permeabilities as integral membrane protein
Bibliography
Data Sheet 4.1 Fick's Law
Data Sheet 4.2 Diffusion through a membrane
Data Sheet 4.3 Na~/K~ ATPase: functions and properties
Data Sheet 4.4 The nephron
Data Sheet 4.5 The sodium channel
Chapter 5  The communicators 1: the primary signal
5.1 Excitable cells
5.2 The action potential
5.3 Ionic membrane currents are voltage-dependent
5.4 Ionic membrane currents are time-dependent
5.5 The ionic nature of the action potential
5.6 The ionic bases of the action potential genesis
5.7 The ionic nature of membrane currents
5.8 Voltage dependence of membrane ionic currents
5.9 Time dependence of membrane ion currents
5.10 Hodgkin and Huxley's equation for sodium and potassium currents
5.11 Inactivation of sodium current
5.12 From membrane macromolecules to ion channel population dynamics
5.13 New equations for voltage and time dependent currents
5.14 Shaping the action potential
Bibliography
 Data Sheet 5.1 The impedance in a giant squid axon
 Data Sheet 5.2 The oscilloscope
 Data Sheet 5.3 Measuring the membrane potential in a giant squid axon
 Data Sheet 5.4 The voltage-clamp
Data Sheet 5.5 The patch-clamp
Chapter 6  Communicators 2: communication between cells
6.2 Communication mechanisms: electrical communication
6.2 Communication mechanisms: chemical communication
6.3 The chemical synapse
6.4 Neuronal firing as a language in the nervous system
6.5 Autorhythmicity and pacemaker activity
Data Sheet 6.1 The junctions between cells
Data Sheet 6.2 Peristalsis in the digestive tract
Chapter 7  Transformers 1: motors
7.1 The structures for movement
7.2 Skeletal muscle contraction
7.3 The smooth muscle
7.4 The heart muscle
Bibliography
Data Sheet 7.1 The motor unit
Data Sheet 7.2 Force and length feedback recordings
Data Sheet 7.3 The electrical conduction in the heart
Chapter 8  Transformers 2: sensors
8.2 Olfactory sensors
8.2 Taste sensors
8.3 Touch sensors
8.4 Sound sensors
8.5 Balance Sensors
8.6 Light sensors