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  • Front Cover; Biophysical Aspectsof Cardiac Muscle; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Section I: The A.F. HuxleySymposium Lecture; CHAPTER 1. ON ARGUING FROM ONE KINDOF MUSCLE TO ANOTHER; I. THE ASSUMPTION OF UNIFORMITY; II. THE ACTION POTENTIAL; III. SLOW MUSCLE FIBERS IN VERTEBRATES; IV. INWARD SPREAD OF ACTIVATION; V. THE ACTION OF CALCIUM; VI. THE ARRANGEMENT OF FILAMENTS; VII. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Section II: Gating Processes inExcitable Membranes
  • CHAPTER 2. INTRAMEMBRANOUS CHARGE MOVEMENT AND CONTROL OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS BY MEMBRANE VOLTAGEINTRODUCTORY REMARKS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF AMPHIBIAN SLOW MUSCLE FIBERS; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; MEMBRANE CURRENTS; MECHANICAL ACTIVATION; CHARGE MOVEMENT; CONCLUSIONS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. CHARGE MOVEMENT IN THE MEMBRANE OF STRIATED MUSCLE; DISCUSSION; REFERENCE; CHAPTER 5. LOCAL ANESTHETIC ACTION ON INACTIVATION OF THE Na CHANNEL IN NERVE AND SKELETAL MUSCLE: POSSIBLE MECHANISMS FOR ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENTS; I. BLOCK OF Na CHANNELS; II. FOUR MODULATING FACTORS
  • III. INACTIVATION, MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, AND STIMULATIONIV. CALCIUM AND GATING; V. DRUG CHARGE AND pH; VI. CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. MODELS OF GATING CURRENT AND SODIUM CONDUCTANCE INACTIVATION; I. METHODS; II. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Section III: Ionic Transport Mechanisms in Generation of CardiacAction Potential Plateau; CHAPTER 7. INWARD RECTIFIER: CARRIERS VS. CHANNELS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. CALCIUM TRANSPORT IN EXCITABLE MEMBRANES; ATP-DEPENDENCE OF THE Ca EFFLUX
  • EFFECT OF MEMBRANE POTENTIAL ON THE NaO-DEPENDENT COMPONENT OF THE Ca EFFLUXINHIBITION OF Na-Ca EXCHANGE BY A FALL IN INTRACELLULAR pH; CALCIUM-DEPENDENT CALCIUM EFFLUX, AND THE ""RESIDUAL"" EFFLUX; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. VOLTAGE DEPENDENCE OF TETRODOTOXIN ACTIONIN MAMMALIAN CARDIAC MUSCLE; I. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL METHODS; II. POTENTIAL-DEPENDENT EFFECT OF TTX ON Vmax; III. FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT EFFECT OF TTX ON Vmax; IV. VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT DRUG ACTIONS; V. CONCLUSIONS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. THE EFFECT OF CESIUM IONS ON 42K EFFLUX IN CARDIAC PURKINJE FIBERS
  • I. INTRODUCTIONII. METHODS; III. RESULTS; IV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. POTASSIUM CURRENTS IN VENTRICULAR MUSCLE; K+ ACCUMULATION IN VENTRICULAR MUSCLE; K+ ACCUMULATION AND MEMBRANE CURRENT; INWARDLY RECTIFYING MEMBRANE CURRENTS; EFFECT OF K+ ACCUMULATION ON TIME DEPENDENT CURRENTS; EFFECT OF [K]o ON INWARD RECTIFICATION; K INDUCED K EFFLUX DURING A SINGLE ACTION POTENTIAL; CONCLUSIONS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 12. GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THE INWARD RECTIFIER
  • Section IV: Structure and Function ofthe Sacrotubular System