Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology

Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology, Fourth Edition, is the only up-to-date textbook on the market that focuses on the molecular and cellular physiology of neurons and synapses. Hypothesis-driven rather than a dry presentation of the facts, the book promotes a real understanding of the function of nerve cells that is useful for practicing neurophysiologists and students in a graduate-level course on the topic alike.

This new edition explains the molecular properties and functions of excitable cells in detail and teaches students how to construct and conduct intelligent research experiments. The content is firmly based on numerous experiments performed by top experts in the field

This book will be a useful resource for neurophysiologists, neurobiologists, neurologists, and students taking graduate-level courses on neurophysiology.

Part I.  Neurons: Excitable and Secretory Cells That Establish Synapses 1. Neurons 2. Neuron – Glial Cell Cooperation 3. Ionic Gradients, Membrane Potential and Ionic Currents 4. The Voltage-Gated Channels of Na+ Action Potentials 5. The Voltage-Gated Channels of Ca+2 Action Potentials: Generalization 6. The Chemical Synapses 7. Neurotransmitter Release

Part II.  Ionotropic and Metabotropic Receptors in Synaptic Transmission and Sensory Transduction 8. The Ionotropic Nicotinic Acetycholine Receptors 9. The Ionotropic GABAA Receptor 10. The Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors 11. The Metabotropic GABAB Receptors 12. The Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors

Part III.  Somato-Dendritic Processing and Plasticity of Postsynaptic Potentials 13. Somato-Dendritic Processing of Postsynaptic Potentials I: Passive Properties of Dendrites 14. Subliminal Voltage-Gated Currents of the Somato-Dendritic Membrane 15. Somato-Dendritic Processing of Postsynaptic Potentials II: Role of Subthreshold Depolarizing Voltage-Gated Currents 16. Somato-Dendritic Processing of Postsynaptic Potentials III: Role of High Voltage-Activated Depolarizing Currents 17. Firing Patterns of Neurons 18. Synaptic Plasticity

Part IV.  The Adult Hippocampal Network 19. The Adult Hippocampal Network 20. Maturation of the Hippocampal Network