Author | Rubin, Ronald P. author |
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Title | Calcium and the Secretory Process [electronic resource] / by Ronald P. Rubin |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1974 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1226-1 |
Descript | XIII, 189 p. online resource |
1 General Concepts -- Biological Importance of Calcium -- Calcium Distribution and Tissue Concentrations -- Redistribution of Calcium during Stimulation -- Regulation of Cell Calcium -- Calcium and Membrane Permeability -- Ion Antagonisms -- Summary and Conclusions -- 2 Action of Calcium on the Secretory Process -- Cholinergic Neurons, Chromaffin Cells, and Neurosecretory Cells -- Other Neuronal Systems -- Release of Other Biogenic Amines -- Release of Water and Protein -- Gastric Secretion -- Endocrine Secretory Systems -- Conclusions -- 3 Nature of the Role of Calcium in Secretion -- Mechanism of Secretion -- Mode of Calcium Action -- MicrotubularโMicrofilamentous System -- Cytoplasmic Motility -- Conclusions -- 4 Role of Cyclic AMP in the Secretory Process -- Effects of Exogenous Cyclic Nucleotide -- Phosphodiesterase Inhibition -- Measurement of Cyclic AMP Levels -- Interaction between Calcium and Cyclic AMP -- Prostaglandins -- Conclusions -- References