Bioelectrochemistry IV Nerve Muscle Function— Bioelectrochemistry, Mechanisms, Bioenergetics, and Control

Bioelectrochemistry IV Nerve Muscle Function— Bioelectrochemistry, Mechanisms, Bioenergetics, and Control / edited by Bruno Andrea Melandri, Giulio Milazzo, Martin Blank.

by G. MILAZZO and M. BLANK This book contains the lectures of the fourth advanced course Bioelectrochemislry W Neroe-Muscle Function: Bioelectrochemistry, Mechanisms, Energetics and Contrõ which took place at the Majorana Center in Erice, Italy, October 20th to November 1, 1991. The scope of the co...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Melandri, Bruno Andrea (Editor), Milazzo, Giulio (Editor), Blank, Martin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1994.
Edition:1st ed. 1994.
Series:Nato Science Series A:, Life Sciences ; 267
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Electrochemistry.
Biochemistry.
Animal physiology.
Biophysics.
Biological physics.
Physical chemistry.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Perspective of Bioelectrochemistry
  • I — Calcium Homeostasis
  • Calcium Homeostasis in Skeletal Muscle
  • Calcium Ion Fluxes Across Plasma Membranes
  • Calcium Fluxes and Distribution in Neurons
  • II — Presynaptic Nerve Function
  • Biochemical Aspects of Presynaptic function
  • Various Types of Acetylcholine Release from the Motor Nerve
  • Biophysical Aspects of Presynaptic Activity
  • III — Nervous Control of Muscle Function
  • Low Molecular Weight Neurotransmitters
  • Experimental Techniques to Measure Low Molecular Weight Neurotransmitters and Their Precursors and Metabolites
  • The Electrochemical Signal Transmission by the Acetylcholine Receptor: Single Channel Conductance Events and Oligochannels
  • Nervous Control of Cardiac Function: Modulation of Pacemaker Activity
  • IV — Excitation-Contraction Coupling
  • Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle
  • Molecular Biology of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Channels
  • V — Muscle Contraction
  • Contractile Protein Isoforms in Sarcomeric Muscle: Distribution, Fonction and Control of Gene Expression
  • Bioenergetics of Muscle Contraction
  • VI — Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes
  • Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes Applied to Biological Systems: A General Survey
  • Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes Applied to Biological Systems: Selected Examples.

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