Title | Ion Channels and Ion Pumps [electronic resource] : Metabolic and Endocrine Relationships in Biology and Clinical Medicine / edited by Piero P. Foร , Mary F. Walsh |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1994 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2596-6 |
Descript | XX, 587 p. online resource |
Preface -- Contributors -- 1. The Molecular Structure and Gating of Calcium Channels -- 2. Calcium Signals in Cell Proliferation, Differentiation, and Death -- 3. Role of Calcium in Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Exocrine Glands -- 4. Calcium Channels, the Pancreatic Islet, and Endocrine Secretion -- 5. Calcium Channels in Cells of the Anterior Pituitary -- 6. Role of Calcium in the Secretion of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide -- 7. Intracellular Ca2+ and Insulin Action: Possible Role in the Pathogenesis of Syndrome X -- 8. [Ca2+]i and Contraction of Arterial Smooth Muscle -- 9. Autoimmunity Against the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor and the Presynaptic Calcium Channel at the Neuromuscular Junction -- 10. Clinical Pharmacology of Calcium Channels -- 11. Hormonal Modulation of Sodium Pump Activity: Identification of Second Messengers -- 12. Endogenous Regulation of Sodium Pump Activity -- 13. Structure, Gating, and Clinical Implications of the Potassium Channel -- 14. Potassium Channels in Skeletal Muscle -- 15. The Role of Potassium Ions in the Control of Heart Function -- 16. Nonrenal Potassium Homeostasis: Hypokalemia and Potassium Depletion - Role of Skeletal Muscle Potassium-Pump (Na+,K+ -ATPase) -- 17. The Clinical Pharmacology of Potassium Channels -- 18. Ion Transport in Vascular Smooth Muscle and the Pathogenesis of Hypertension -- 19. Calcium Ion Homeostasis in the Aging Brain: Regulation of Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channels -- 20. Interactions of Ethanol with Ion Channels: Possible Implications for Mechanisms of Intoxication and Dependence -- 21. Structure and Function of Receptor-Mediated Chloride Channels in the Central Nervous System -- 22. Characterization of Ion Channels in the Central Nervous System: Insights from Radioligand Binding, Autoradiography, and In Situ Hybridization Histochemistry -- 23. Chloride Channels in Cystic Fibrosis -- 24. Cyclic Nucleotide-Activated Channels -- 25. Transport Systems for Arsenic, Antimony, and Cadmium Ions Encoded by Bacterial Plasmids