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The Physiology of Synapses
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: John Carew Eccles
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 0 1 0 3 - 0
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 2 6 3 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 6 0 6 - 4
The Physiology of Synapses covers the considerable advances in understanding the complex physiology of synapses. This book is divided into 16 chapters that emphasize the mechanism… Read more
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The Physiology of Synapses covers the considerable advances in understanding the complex physiology of synapses. This book is divided into 16 chapters that emphasize the mechanism of synaptic transmission. The first chapters describe the structural and physiological features of chemically transmitting synapses. The subsequent chapters deal with the excitatory postsynaptic responses to presynaptic impulse and the release of transmitter by presynaptic impulses. These topics are followed by discussions of the impulse generation by the excitatory postsynaptic potential; the postsynaptic electrical events produced by chemically transmitting inhibitory synapses; the ionic mechanism generating the inhibitory postsynaptic potential. The last chapters consider the mechanism of inhibitory transmitter substances, pathways responsible for postsynaptic inhibitory action, and the trophic and plastic properties of synapses. This book will prove useful to physiologists, neurologists, and researchers.
I. The Development of Ideas on the SynapseII. Structural Features of Chemically Transmitting SynapsesIII. Physiological Properties of Chemically Transmitting Synapses in the Resting StateIV. Excitatory Postsynaptic Responses to Presynaptic ImpulsesV. Excitatory Transmitter SubstancesVI. The Release of Transmitter by Presynaptic ImpulsesVII. The Generation of Impulses by the Excitatory Postsynaptic Potential and the Endplate PotentialVIII. The Presynaptic Terminals of Chemically Transmitting SynapsesIX. Excitatory Synapses Operating by Electrical TransmissionX. The Postsynaptic Electrical Events Produced by Chemically Transmitting Inhibitory SynapsesXI. The Ionic Mechanism Generating the Inhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialXII. Inhibitory Transmitter SubstancesXIII. Pathways Responsible for Postsynaptic Inhibitory ActionXIV. Inhibitory Synapses Operating by Electrical TransmissionXV. Presynaptic InhibitionXVI. The Trophic and Plastic Properties of SynapsesEpilogueReferencesSubject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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John Carew Eccles
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The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Department of Physiology, Canberra CityRead The Physiology of Synapses on ScienceDirect