From Molecules to Networks: An Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

ISBN 10: 0121486605 / ISBN 13: 9780121486600

Edité par Academic Press, 2003

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• Titre: From Molecules to Networks: An Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
• Éditeur: Academic Press
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0121486605
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780121486600
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: New

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Cellular components of nervous tissue. Subcellular organisation of the nervous system : organelles and their functions. Brain energy metabolism. Electrotonic properties of axons and dendrites. Membrane potential and action potential. Molecular properties of ion Channels. Dynamical properties of excitable membranes. Release of neurotransmitters. Pharmacology and biochemistry of synaptic transmission. Nonclassic signaling in the Brain. Neurotransmitter receptors. Intracellular signaling. Regulation of neuronal gene expression. Mathematical modeling and analysis of intracellular signaling pathways. Cell-cell communication. Postsynaptic potentials. Information processing in complex dendrites. Learning and memory

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The June and Virgil Waggoner Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Byrne is an internationally acclaimed Neuroscientist. He received his PhD under the direction of Noble Prize winner, Eric Kandel. Dr. Byrne is a prolific author and Editor-in-Chief of Learning and Memory (CSHP).

Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Heidelberger is an accomplished cellular neurophysiologist specializing in mechanisms of neurotransmitter release. She received her doctoral training under the guidance of Gary Matthews and her postdoctoral training under the direction of Nobel Laureate Erwin Neher. Dr. Heidelberger is a former president and executive board member of the Biophysical Society's Subgroup on Exocytosis and Endocytosis and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Neurophysiology. She has directed and taught graduate-level courses in cellular neurophysiology and membrane biophysics for more than a decade.

The William Wheless III Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Waxham’s multi-disciplinary laboratory focuses on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of synaptic function and plasticity. He has developed and directed graduate-level courses in cellular and molecular neurobiology for more than two decades.