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Structure and Function in Excitable Cells

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  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. Donald C. Chang

    1. Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University, Houston, USA

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  2. Ichiji Tasaki

    1. National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bathesda, USA
      The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA

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  3. William J. Adelman

    1. National Institute of Neurological and Communication Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA

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  4. H. Richard Leuchtag

    1. Texas Southern University, Houston, USA
      University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Fine Structure in Excitable Cells

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Differentiation of Axonal Membrane Systems, the Axolemma, and the Axoplasmic Matrix

      • Mark H. Ellisman, James D. Lindsey, Clayton Wiley-Livingston, S. Rock Levinson
      Pages 3-23

    3. Structure of the Node of Ranvier

      • Jack Rosenbluth
      Pages 25-52

    4. The Axolemma—Ectoplasm Complex of Squid Giant Axon

      • J. Metuzals, D. F. Clapin, I. Tasaki
      Pages 53-73

    5. The Neuroplasmic Lattice

      • Alan J. Hodge, William J. Adelman Jr.
      Pages 75-111

    6. Membrane Specialization and Cytoskeletal Structures in the Synapse and Axon Revealed by the Quick-Freeze, Deep-Etch Method

      • Nobutaka Hirokawa
      Pages 113-141

  3. Cellular Excitation: Recent Findings and Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. An Introduction to Membrane Conductances

      • William J. Adelman Jr.
      Pages 145-158

    3. Single-Channel Currents and the Kinetics of Agonist-Induced Gating

      • Harold Lecar, Catherine Morris, Brendan S. Wong
      Pages 159-173

    4. Effects of Voltage-Dependent Ion-Conduction Processes on the Complex Admittance of Single Skeletal Muscle Fibers

      • L. E. Moore
      Pages 175-196

    5. Noise, Impedance, and Single-Channel Currents

      • Louis J. DeFelice, Michael J. Kell
      Pages 197-209

    6. Membrane Ionic Currents, Current Noise, and Admittance in Isolated Cockroach Axons

      • Yves Pichon, Denis Poussart, Graham V. Lees
      Pages 211-226

    7. Ion-Selectivity and ”Gating” Properties of the Conductance Pathways in Squid Axon

      • Donald C. Chang
      Pages 227-254

    8. Stochastic Modeling of the Aggregation-Gating Site

      • Gilbert Baumann
      Pages 255-271

    9. Effect of Scorpion Toxins on Sodium Channels

      • Hans Meves
      Pages 273-280

    10. Modification of Voltage-Sensitive Sodium Channels by Batrachotoxin

      • B. I. Khodorov
      Pages 281-303

  4. Electrochemistry and Electrophysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305
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    2. Axolemma—Ectoplasm Complex and Mechanical Responses of the Axon Membrane

      • I. Tasaki, K. Iwasa
      Pages 307-319

    3. History of the Physical Chemistry of Charged Membranes

      • Torsten Teorell
      Pages 321-334
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About this book

This book is a collection of up-to-date research reviews dealing with various aspects of the structure and function of excitable cells. Its overall objective is to further the search for a better understanding of the mechanism of excitation on a structural and physicochemical basis. The chapters are written by active investigators from a variety of disciplines, repre­ senting many different points of view. Their complementary fields of expertise give this book the rare feature of extraordinary breadth. Excitability is a fundamental property of many biological systems. The mechanisms by which nerve impulses are initiated and propagated, and by which rhythmical activities are produced in nerve, muscle, and cardiac cells, can be fully elucidated only when the process of excitation is derived from fundamental principles applied to known structural forms, at both the macroscopic and the molecular level. The problems of excitation are complex, requiring knowledge of many aspects of cells, including their morphology, elec­ trobiology, chemical physics, and biochemistry.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University, Houston, USA

    Donald C. Chang

  • National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bathesda, USA

    Ichiji Tasaki

  • The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA

    Ichiji Tasaki

  • National Institute of Neurological and Communication Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA

    William J. Adelman

  • Texas Southern University, Houston, USA

    H. Richard Leuchtag

  • University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA

    H. Richard Leuchtag

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Structure and Function in Excitable Cells

  • Editors: Donald C. Chang, Ichiji Tasaki, William J. Adelman, H. Richard Leuchtag

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9337-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-9339-3Published: 12 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-9337-9Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 500

  • Number of Illustrations: 249 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Neurosciences

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Consumer Packaged Goods, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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