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Cellular and molecular neurophysiology /

This new, thoroughly revised fourth edition is the only current, established and authoritative text focusing on the cellular and molecular physiology of nerve cells. Understanding the functioning of the neuron, the basic cell of the central nervous system requires a clear understanding of the cellul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hammond, C. (Constance) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2015]
Edición:Fourth edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: Neurons: excitable and secretory cells that establish synapses. Neurons
  • Neuron-glial cell cooperation
  • Ionic gradients, membrane potential and ionic currents
  • The voltage-gated channels of Na+ action potentials
  • The voltage-gated channels of Ca2+ action potentials: generalization
  • The chemical synapses
  • Neurotransmitter release
  • Part II: Ionotropic and metabotropic receptors in synaptic transmission. The ionotropic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
  • The ionotropic GABAa receptor
  • The ionotropic glutamate receptors
  • The metabotropic GABAb receptors
  • The metabotropic glutamate receptors
  • Part III: Somato-dendritic processing and plasticity of postsynaptic potentials. Somato-dendritic processing of postsynaptic potentials i: passive properties of dendrites
  • Subliminal voltage-gated currents of the somato-dendritic membrane
  • Somato-dendritic processing of postsynaptic potentials II. Role of sub-threshold depolarizing voltage-gated currents
  • Somato-dendritic processing of postsynaptic potentials III. Role of high-voltage-activated depolarizing currents
  • Firing patterns of neurons
  • Synaptic plasticity
  • Part IV: The hippocampal network. The adult hippocampal network
  • Maturation of the hippocampal network.