Calcium Ions in Nerve Cell Function

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. 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.

List of contents

Action of calcium ions on the surface of nerve cells; Calcium conductance of the neuronal membrane; Gating mechanisms of calcium channels; Inactivation of calcium channels; Pharmacological characteristics and molecular structure of calcium channels; Modulation of calcium-channel functioning; Development of calcium conductance during ontogenesis; Fate of calcium ions in the nerve cell; Functional role of calcium ions in the nerve cell; General conclusions; References; Index.

Summary

Calcium ions play a central role in regulating the activity of all cells, and particularly their ability to respond to external stimuli. Their role in the triggering of impulses in nerve cells is the subject of intensive study. This book discusses aspects of this important area of research.

Additional text

'outstanding monograph ... It provides an invaluable review of work in the foremost school of electrophysiology in the old Soviet Union, including much data that was heretofore only available in the original Russian.'
Aslib Book Guide, Vol. 57, No. 10, October 1992

Product details

• Authors: P. G. Kostiuk, Platon G. Kostyuk, Platon G. (Director Kostyuk, Kostyuk Platon G.
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.1992
• EAN: 9780198546726
• ISBN: 978-0-19-854672-6
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 527 g
• Illustrations: 1 halftone, numerous line illustrations, tables
• Series: Oxford Neuroscience Series; Oxford Neuroscience; Oxford Neuroscience Series; Oxford Neuroscience
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Neurologie und klinische Neurophysiologie, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Zoologie und Tierwissenschaften, Science, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL / Neuroscience, MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurosciences, Cellular biology (cytology)