The Neuron: Cell and Molecular Biology

Irwin B. Levitan; Leonard K. Kaczmarek

ISBN 10: 0195145232 / ISBN 13: 9780195145236

Published by Oxford University Press, 2001

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Synopsis:

The third edition of The Neuron provides a comprehensive first course in the cell and molecular biology of nerve cells.

The first part of the book covers the properties of the many newly discovered ion channels that have emerged through mapping of the genome. These channels shape the way a single neuron generates varied patterns of electrical activity. Next are covered the molecular mechanisms that convert electrical activity into the secretion of neurotransmitter hormones at synaptic junctions between neurons.

The second part of the book covers the biochemical pathways that are linked to the action of neurotransmitters and that can alter the cellular properties of neurons or sensory cells which transduce information from the outside world into the electrical code used by neurons.

The final section reviews our rapidly expanding knowledge of the molecular factors that induce an undifferentiated cell to become a neuron, and then guide it to form appropriate synaptic connections with its partners. This section also focuses on the role of ongoing experience and activity in shaping these connections, and finishes with an account of mechanisms thought to underlie the phenomena of learning and memory.

About the Author: Irwin B. Levitan, Ph.D., is the David J. Mahoney Professor and Chair of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Leonard K. Kaczmarek, Ph.D., is Professor of Pharmacology and Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale University School of Medicine.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Neuron: Cell and Molecular Biology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good
Edition: 3rd Edition