Cell Physiology, 1st Edition

Chapter 1 Cellular Processes
Overview
Communication
Control
Chapter 2 Cell Membranes
Lipids
Proteins
Channels
Pumps
Transporters
Membrane Receptors
Transport Across Cell Membranes
Transport Across Epithelial Cells
Chapter 3 Channels and the Control of Membrane Potential
Measuring Membrane Potentials
Separation of Charge
Generation of the Resting Potential
Factors That Control Ion Movements
The Nernst Equilibrium Potential
The Resting Potential
Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz Equation
Changes in Membrane Potential
Passive Properties of a Small Round Cell
Passive Properties of a Long Cylindrical Cell
Chapter 4 Sensory Generator Potentials
Sensory Adaptation
Chapter 5 Action Potentials
Role of Voltage-Sensitive Sodium Channels
Voltage Clamping
Threshold
Refractory Periods
Myelination
Diseases
Drugs and Toxins
Extracellular Recordings—Compound Action Potentials
Cardiac Action Potentials
Cardiac Muscle Action Potentials
SA and AV Node Action Potentials
Effects of Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Innervation
Chapter 6 Synapses
Presynaptic Processes
Amino Acids
Catecholamines
Purines
Peptides
Postsynaptic Processes
The Neuromuscular Junction—a Specialized Synapse
Central Nervous System Synapses
Integration of Synaptic Currents
CNS-Modulatory Neurotransmitters
Presynaptic Inhibition
Chapter 7 Muscle
Force Generation and Shortening
Control of Intracellular Calcium
Mechanical Output
Answers to Study Questions
Practice Examination
Answers to Practice Examination
Index