Introduction to cellular biophysics. Volume 2, From membrane transport to neural signalling /

The aim of this book is to look into the basic physical phenomena occurring in cells. These physical transport processes facilitate chemical reactions in the cell and various electrical effects, and that in turn leads to biological functions necessary for the cell to satisfy its role in the mother o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kargol, Armin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 6.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Cell physiology.
Biophysics.
Biological transport.
Membranes (Biology)
Physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. From membrane biophysics to cell physiology
  • 1.2. Review of cell structure and function
  • 2. Cell homeostasis
  • 2.1. What is cell homeostasis?
  • 2.2. Regulatory volume responses
  • 2.3. Models of a primary response
  • 2.4. Models of volume regulation
  • 3. Homeostasis and transport in epithelial cells
  • 3.1. What is the epithelium?
  • 3.2. Transport in epithelial layers
  • 3.3. Models of epithelial transport
  • 4. Electrical properties of neurons
  • 4.1. Biology of a neuron
  • 4.2. Early neurophysiology
  • 4.3. Resting potential revisited
  • 4.4. Electrical equivalent circuit for a cell
  • 4.5. The cable model
  • 5. Neuron excitability
  • 5.1. Action potentials
  • 5.2. Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) model
  • 5.3. Simplified models
  • 5.4. Propagation speed : saltatory conduction in neurons
  • 6. Synaptic transmission
  • 6.1. What is a synapse?
  • 6.2. Chemical synapses
  • 6.3. Electrical synapses.

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