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Zusatztext An outstanding, easily readable, and quite up-to-date overview of fundamental neurobiology. Informationen zum Autor Irwin B. Levitan, Ph.D., Founding Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson UniversityLeonard K. Kaczmarek, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Klappentext The Fourth Edition of The Neuron features newly updated chapters and scores of full-color figures, making it an ideal first course in the cell and molecular biology of nerve cells.Supplementary Content Available on Oxford Medicine Online Zusammenfassung The Fourth Edition of The Neuron features newly updated chapters and scores of full-color figures, making it an ideal first course in the cell and molecular biology of nerve cells. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Fourth Edition I. Introduction 1. Signaling in the Brain 2. Form and Function in Cells of the Brain II. Electrical Properties of Neurons 3. Electrical Signaling in Neurons 4. Membrane Ion Channels and Ion Currents 5. Ion Channels Are Membrane Proteins 6. Ion Channels, Membrane Ion Currents, and the Action Potential 7. Diversity in the Structure and Function of Ion Channels III. Intercellular Communication 8. Intercellular Communication: How Neurons Communicate: Gap Junctions and Neurosecretion 9. Synaptic Release of Neurotransmitters 10. Neurotransmitters and Neurohormones 11. Receptors and Transduction Mechanisms I: Receptors Coupled Directly to Ion Channels 12. Receptors and Transduction Mechanisms II: Indirectly Coupled Receptor/Ion Channel Systems 13. Sensory Receptors IV. Behavior and Plasticity 14. The Birth and Death of a Neuron 15. Neuronal Growth and Trophic Factors 16. Adhesion Molecules and Axon Pathfinding 17. Formation, Maintenance, and Plasticity of Chemical Synapses 18. Intrinsic Neuronal Properties, Neural Networks and Behavior 19. Learning and Memory ...
