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Record Nr.

UNINA9911018833403321

Autore

Smith C. U. M (Christopher Upham Murray)

Titolo

Elements of molecular neurobiology / / C.U.M. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, : Wiley, 2002

ISBN

9786610270712

9780470857175

047085717X

9781280270710

1280270713

9780470857496

0470857498

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (635 p.)

Disciplina

573.848

599/.0188

Soggetti

Molecular neurobiology

Neurobiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Elements of Molecular Neurobiology Third Edition; CONTENTS; Preface; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; 1 Introductory Orientation; 2 The Conformation of Informational Macromolecules; 3 Information Processing in Cells; 4 Molecular Evolution; 5 Manipulating Biomolecules; 6 Genomics; 7 Biomembranes; 8 G-protein-coupled Receptors; 9 Pumps; 10 Ligand-gated Ion Channels; 11 Voltage-gated Channels; 12 Resting Potentials and Cable Conduction; 13 Sensory Transduction; 14 The Action Potential; 15 The Neuron as a Secretory Cell; 16 Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators

17 The Postsynaptic Cell18 Developmental Genetics of the Brain; 19 Epigenetics of the Brain; 20 Memory; 21 Some Pathologies; Appendix 1 Molecules and Consciousness; Appendix 2 Units; Appendix 3 Data; Appendix 4 Genes; Appendix 5 Physical Models of Ion Conduction and Gating; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Neurological Disease; Index;


Sommario/riassunto

This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of C.U.M. Smith's 1996 text gives an account of the molecular biology of the brain as it stands at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It describes the latest research in neurobiology made possible by modern molecular biology techniques. The author synthesizes this new knowledge and demonstrates how an understanding at the molecular level can contribute towards a theory of the brain in health and disease.