\ Gordon L. Fain with Thomas O'Dell ; illustrations by Margery J. Fain.
Second edition.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
: Harvard University Press
, 2014
xi, 735 pages
:illustrations (some color)
Index
Bibliography
Electrical properties of neurons -- Ion permeability and membrane potentials -- Ion pumps and homeostasis -- Action potentials : the Hodgkin-Huxley experiments -- The structure and function of voltage-gated channels -- The diversity of ion channels -- Presynaptic mechanisms of synaptic transmission / by Thomas O'Dell -- Excitatory transmission -- Inhibitory transmission / by Thomas O'Dell -- Metabotropic transmission : receptors and G proteins -- Metabotropic transmission : effector molecules -- Metabotropic transmission : calcium -- Long-term potentiation / by Thomas O'Dell -- Mechanoreceptors -- Photoreceptors.