Calcium Ions in Nerve Cell Function Hardback
by Platon G. (Director, Director, the A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, USSR) Kostyuk
Part of the Oxford Neuroscience Series series
Hardback
Description
In this book, Professor Kostyuk reviews the progress that has been made in recent years in understanding the mechanisms by which calcium ions regulate nerve cell function.
He covers all aspects of the topic, from the interaction of calcium ions with the external surface of the plasma membrane, to the function of transient changes in cytoplasmic calcium concentration.
A major part of the book is devoted to a discussion of the different types of receptor- and voltage-operated calcium channels, and the basis of their selectivity, gating, inactivation, and pharmacological modulation.
Professor kostyuk then describes the development of calcium conductance during ontogenesis, before discussing the fate of calcium ions in the cell.
He assesses the contribution made by the release of calcium from internal stores to cytoplasmic calcium transients, and analyses mechanisms by which this release may be controlled. The first book in the Oxford Neuroscience Series, Calcium Ions in Nerve Cell Function meets the need for a comprehensive book drawing together the enormous body of research on this important topic.
It has been written with a wide audience of neuroscientists in mind: it will be indispensable to specialists in the field, but will also provide an accessible review for non-specialists.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:228 pages, 1 halftone, numerous line illustrations, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:19/03/1992
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- ISBN:9780198546726
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:228 pages, 1 halftone, numerous line illustrations, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:19/03/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198546726
