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Cell Physiology Source Book
- 2nd Edition
- Editor: Nicholas Sperelakis
- Language: English
This authoritative book gathers together a broad range of ideas and topics that define the field. It provides clear, concise, comprehensive coverage of all aspects of cellular… Read more
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This authoritative book gathers together a broad range of ideas and topics that define the field. It provides clear, concise, comprehensive coverage of all aspects of cellular physiology from fundamental concepts to more advanced topics.
The Second Edition contains over 50% new material. Most chapters have been thoroughly reworked, and new chapters on important developments have been included. Leading experts in their field, the contributors have revised and updated their own individual chapters. The Editor has fashioned the chapters into a cohesive, unified text. These new additions and chapters should make the Second Edition of the Cell Physiology Source Book the most complete and useful source book available.
The Second Edition contains over 50% new material. Most chapters have been thoroughly reworked, and new chapters on important developments have been included. Leading experts in their field, the contributors have revised and updated their own individual chapters. The Editor has fashioned the chapters into a cohesive, unified text. These new additions and chapters should make the Second Edition of the Cell Physiology Source Book the most complete and useful source book available.
@introbul:Key Features
@bul:* Contains new chapters on such topics as sensory transduction, the physiology of protozoa and bacteria, the regulation of cell division, and programmed cell death
* Includes broad coverage of both animal and plant cells
* Appendices review basics of the propagation of action potentials, electricity, and cable properties
@bul:* Contains new chapters on such topics as sensory transduction, the physiology of protozoa and bacteria, the regulation of cell division, and programmed cell death
* Includes broad coverage of both animal and plant cells
* Appendices review basics of the propagation of action potentials, electricity, and cable properties
AUDIENCE: Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers in physiology, biophysics, cell biology, molecular biology, and biochemistry. Upper-level undergraduates taking courses in cellular physiology.
Biophysical Chemistry, Metabolism, Second Messengers, and Ultrastructure.
J.C. Freedman, Biophysical Chemistry of Physiological Solutions.
M.R. Pincus, Physiological Structure and Function of Proteins.
C-H. Huang, Membrane Lipid Structure and Organization.
F. Schroeder, W. Gibson-Wood, and A.B. Kier, The Biological Membrane and Lipid Domains.
D.G. Ferguson, Ultrastructure of Cells.
M.A. Lieberman and R.C. Sleight, Energy Production and Metabolism.
K.D. Garlid, Physiology of Mitochondria.
R.G. Sleight and M.A. Lieberman, Signal Transduction.
J.R. Dedman and M.A. Kaetzel, Calcium as an Intracellular Second Messenger: Mediation by Calcium Binding Proteins.
E.F. Nemeth, Regulation of Cellular Functions by Extracellular Calcium.
N.D. Horseman and J.W. Pike, Cellular Responses to Hormones. Membrane Potential, Transport Physiology, Pumps, and Exchangers:
N. Sperelakis, Diffusion and Permeability.
N. Sperelakis, Origin of Resting Membrane Potentials.
N. Sperelakis, Gibbs-Donnan Equilibrium Potentials.
J. Cuppoletti, Transport of Ions and Nonelectrolytes.
D.M. Balshaw, L.A. Millette, and E.T. Wallick, The Sodium Pump.
I. Edes and E.G. Kranias, Ca2+-ATPases/Pumps.
BJ.H.B. Ridge, Na-Ca Exchange Currents.
C.M. Baumgarten and J.J. Feher, Osmosis and the Regulation of Cell Volume.
R.W. Putnam, Intracellular pH Regulation.
R.W. Putnam, Polarity of Cells and Membrane Regions.
J.C. Freedman, Membrane Transport in Red Blood Cells.
Membrane Excitability and Ion Channels:
N. Sperelakis, Cable Properties and Propagation of Action Potentials.
N. Sperelakis,with an Appendix by R.D. Veenstra, Cable Properties and Propagation of Action Potentials.
N. Sperelakis, Electrogenesis of Membrane Excitability.
R.Y.K. Pun and H. Lecar, Patch-Clamp Techniques and Analysis.
S.R. Levinson, Structure and Mechanism of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels.
M.M. Behbehani, Biology of Neurons.
B. Nilius, Ion Channels in Nonexcitable Cells.
A. Lievano and A. Darszon, Sperm Ion Channels.
W.J. Larsen and R.D. Veenstra, Gap Junction Channels and Biology.
L.J. deFelice and M. Mazzanti, Biophysics of the Nuclear Envelope.
N. Sperelakis, Regulation of Ion Channels by Phosphorylation.
A. Yatani, Direct Regulation of Ion Channels by G Proteins.
N. Tohse, H. Yokoshiki, and N. Sperelakis, Developmental Changes in Ion Channels.
A. Terzic and Y. Kurachi, Cytoskeleton Effects on Ion Channels.
Ion Channels as Targets for Toxins, Drugs, and Genetic Diseases:
K. Blumenthal, Ion Channels as Targets for Toxins.
R.K. Hermsmeyer, Ion Channels as Targets for Drugs.
S.H. Bryant, Ion Channels as Targets for Disease.
Synaptic Transmission and Senosry Transduction:
G.L. Westbrook, Ligand-Gated Ion Channels.
J.B. Suszkiw, Synaptic Transmission.
N. Gallo-Payet and M.D. Payet, Excitation-Secretion Coupling.
S. Misler, D.M. Pressel, and D.W. Barnett, Stimulus Transduction in Metabolic Sensor Cells.
C.E. Morris, Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Eukaryotic Cells.
M.M. Behbehani, Sensory Receptors and Transduction.
D.C. Marcus, Acoustic Transduction.
A.L. Zimmerman, Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channels.
A.L. Zimmerman, Visual Transduction.
S. Roper, Olfactory/Taste Receptor Transduction.
J.G. New and T.C. Tricas, Electroreceptors and Magnetoreceptors.
Muscle and Other Contractile Systems:
N. Sperelakis, Skeletal Muscle Action Potentials.
G.M. Wahler, Cardiac Action Potentials.
R.K. Hermsmeyer, Smooth Muscle Action Potentials.
J.A. Heiny, Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle.
G. Meissner, Ca2+ Release from Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Muscle.
R.J. Paul, Contractility of Muscles.
E.S. Kaneshiro, Amoeboid Movement, Cilia, and Flagella.
E.S. Kaneshiro, Centrin-Based Contraction and Bacterial Flagella.
T.K. Akers, Physiological Effects of Pressure on Cell Function.
A.L. Gotter, M.A. Kaetzel, and J.R. Dedman, Electrocytes of Electric Fish.
Protozoa and Bacteria:
M. Levandowsky and T.E. Gorrell, Physiological Adaptations of Protists.
D.W. Grogan, Physiology of Prokaryotic Cells.
Plant Cells, Photosynthesis, and Bioluminescence:
R.G. Stout, Plant Cell Physiology.
D. Fleischman, Photosynthesis.
J.W. Hastings, Bioluminescence.
Cell Division and Programmed Cell Death:
A.A. Gutierrez, Regulation of Cell Division in Higher Eukaryotes.
C.D. Heinin, K. Steigerwald, D. McLaren, and J. Groden, The Cancer Cell.
A. Guerrero and J.M. Arias, Apoptosis.
E.J. Hall and G. Kereiakes, Effects of Ionizing Radiations on Cells.
N. Sperelakis, Appendix: Review of Electricity and Cable Properties.
Index.
J.C. Freedman, Biophysical Chemistry of Physiological Solutions.
M.R. Pincus, Physiological Structure and Function of Proteins.
C-H. Huang, Membrane Lipid Structure and Organization.
F. Schroeder, W. Gibson-Wood, and A.B. Kier, The Biological Membrane and Lipid Domains.
D.G. Ferguson, Ultrastructure of Cells.
M.A. Lieberman and R.C. Sleight, Energy Production and Metabolism.
K.D. Garlid, Physiology of Mitochondria.
R.G. Sleight and M.A. Lieberman, Signal Transduction.
J.R. Dedman and M.A. Kaetzel, Calcium as an Intracellular Second Messenger: Mediation by Calcium Binding Proteins.
E.F. Nemeth, Regulation of Cellular Functions by Extracellular Calcium.
N.D. Horseman and J.W. Pike, Cellular Responses to Hormones. Membrane Potential, Transport Physiology, Pumps, and Exchangers:
N. Sperelakis, Diffusion and Permeability.
N. Sperelakis, Origin of Resting Membrane Potentials.
N. Sperelakis, Gibbs-Donnan Equilibrium Potentials.
J. Cuppoletti, Transport of Ions and Nonelectrolytes.
D.M. Balshaw, L.A. Millette, and E.T. Wallick, The Sodium Pump.
I. Edes and E.G. Kranias, Ca2+-ATPases/Pumps.
BJ.H.B. Ridge, Na-Ca Exchange Currents.
C.M. Baumgarten and J.J. Feher, Osmosis and the Regulation of Cell Volume.
R.W. Putnam, Intracellular pH Regulation.
R.W. Putnam, Polarity of Cells and Membrane Regions.
J.C. Freedman, Membrane Transport in Red Blood Cells.
Membrane Excitability and Ion Channels:
N. Sperelakis, Cable Properties and Propagation of Action Potentials.
N. Sperelakis,with an Appendix by R.D. Veenstra, Cable Properties and Propagation of Action Potentials.
N. Sperelakis, Electrogenesis of Membrane Excitability.
R.Y.K. Pun and H. Lecar, Patch-Clamp Techniques and Analysis.
S.R. Levinson, Structure and Mechanism of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels.
M.M. Behbehani, Biology of Neurons.
B. Nilius, Ion Channels in Nonexcitable Cells.
A. Lievano and A. Darszon, Sperm Ion Channels.
W.J. Larsen and R.D. Veenstra, Gap Junction Channels and Biology.
L.J. deFelice and M. Mazzanti, Biophysics of the Nuclear Envelope.
N. Sperelakis, Regulation of Ion Channels by Phosphorylation.
A. Yatani, Direct Regulation of Ion Channels by G Proteins.
N. Tohse, H. Yokoshiki, and N. Sperelakis, Developmental Changes in Ion Channels.
A. Terzic and Y. Kurachi, Cytoskeleton Effects on Ion Channels.
Ion Channels as Targets for Toxins, Drugs, and Genetic Diseases:
K. Blumenthal, Ion Channels as Targets for Toxins.
R.K. Hermsmeyer, Ion Channels as Targets for Drugs.
S.H. Bryant, Ion Channels as Targets for Disease.
Synaptic Transmission and Senosry Transduction:
G.L. Westbrook, Ligand-Gated Ion Channels.
J.B. Suszkiw, Synaptic Transmission.
N. Gallo-Payet and M.D. Payet, Excitation-Secretion Coupling.
S. Misler, D.M. Pressel, and D.W. Barnett, Stimulus Transduction in Metabolic Sensor Cells.
C.E. Morris, Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Eukaryotic Cells.
M.M. Behbehani, Sensory Receptors and Transduction.
D.C. Marcus, Acoustic Transduction.
A.L. Zimmerman, Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channels.
A.L. Zimmerman, Visual Transduction.
S. Roper, Olfactory/Taste Receptor Transduction.
J.G. New and T.C. Tricas, Electroreceptors and Magnetoreceptors.
Muscle and Other Contractile Systems:
N. Sperelakis, Skeletal Muscle Action Potentials.
G.M. Wahler, Cardiac Action Potentials.
R.K. Hermsmeyer, Smooth Muscle Action Potentials.
J.A. Heiny, Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle.
G. Meissner, Ca2+ Release from Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Muscle.
R.J. Paul, Contractility of Muscles.
E.S. Kaneshiro, Amoeboid Movement, Cilia, and Flagella.
E.S. Kaneshiro, Centrin-Based Contraction and Bacterial Flagella.
T.K. Akers, Physiological Effects of Pressure on Cell Function.
A.L. Gotter, M.A. Kaetzel, and J.R. Dedman, Electrocytes of Electric Fish.
Protozoa and Bacteria:
M. Levandowsky and T.E. Gorrell, Physiological Adaptations of Protists.
D.W. Grogan, Physiology of Prokaryotic Cells.
Plant Cells, Photosynthesis, and Bioluminescence:
R.G. Stout, Plant Cell Physiology.
D. Fleischman, Photosynthesis.
J.W. Hastings, Bioluminescence.
Cell Division and Programmed Cell Death:
A.A. Gutierrez, Regulation of Cell Division in Higher Eukaryotes.
C.D. Heinin, K. Steigerwald, D. McLaren, and J. Groden, The Cancer Cell.
A. Guerrero and J.M. Arias, Apoptosis.
E.J. Hall and G. Kereiakes, Effects of Ionizing Radiations on Cells.
N. Sperelakis, Appendix: Review of Electricity and Cable Properties.
Index.
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published:
- Imprint: Academic Press
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Nicholas Sperelakis
Professor Sperelakis currently is Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Physiology and Biophysics at the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. He is a cell physiologist specializing in cellular electrophysiology. Dr Sperelakis received a B.S. in Chemistry, M.S. in Physiology in 1955, and a Ph.D. in Physiology in 1957, all from the University of Illinois, Urbana. He was also trained in electronics, receiving a certificate from the U.S. Navy & Marine Corps Electronics School in Treasure Island, San Francisco. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. Dr. Sperelakis is the author/co-author of over 550 scientific articles in journals and books. He has lectured at numerous universities worldwide and at international conferences/symposia. He has also trained many postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, and has been a visiting professor at several foreign universities. Professor Sperelakis has served on a number of journal editorial boards. He is a member of numerous professional societies and has served on the Council for several of them. He has served on the science program advisory committees for various international conferences and has organized several conferences. Dr. Sperelakis was an Established Investigator of the American Heart Association (AHA), Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole), and elected Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC). He received Awards for research excellence from Ohio AHA in 1995 and SW Ohio in 1996. His listings include Who's Who in the World, in America, in Science and Engineering, in Medicine and Healthcare, and in American Education.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.