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Foundations of cellular neurophysiology / Daniel Johnston and Samuel Maio-sin Wu ; with illustrations and simulations by Richard Gray.

Title
Foundations of cellular neurophysiology / Daniel Johnston and Samuel Maio-sin Wu ; with illustrations and simulations by Richard Gray.
Author
Johnston, Daniel, 1947-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1995.

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1995TextUse in library QP355.2 .J64 1995 1995Off-site

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Additional Authors
Wu, Samuel Miao-sin.
Description
xxxi, 676 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Ion Channels > physiology
  • Neurons > physiology
  • Neurons
  • Neurophysiology
  • Synaptic Transmission > physiology
Note
  • "A Bradford book."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [635]-665) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Ion movement in excitable cells -- Electrical properties of the excitable membrane -- Functional properties of dendrites -- Nonlinear properties of excitable membranes -- Hodgkin and Huxley's analysis of the squid giant axon -- Functional diversity of voltage-gated ionic conductances -- Molecular structure and unitary currents of ion channels -- Stochastic analysis of single-channel function -- Formulation of stochastic channel mechanisms -- Synaptic transmission I: presynaptic mechanisms -- Synaptic transmission II: Ca² and transmitter release --Synaptic transmission III: postsynpatic mechanisms -- Extracellular field recordings -- Cellular neurophysiology of learning and memory -- Basic electricity and electrical circuits -- Optical methods in cellular neurophysiology -- Short answers to homework problems -- Complete solutions to problems.
ISBN
0262100533
LCCN
^^^93049890^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library