A Symposium on Calcium and Cellular Function

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Simple Chemistry of Calcium and Its Relevance to Biological Systems....Pages 3-9
Calcium Chelation and Buffers....Pages 10-16
Binding of Calcium to Phospholipids....Pages 17-41
Aequorin-Calcium luminescence and Its Application to Muscle Physiology....Pages 42-53
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Divalent Cations and Cell Adhesion....Pages 59-64
Calcium and Cellular Function after Freezing and Thawing....Pages 65-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Activation and Inhibition of the Sarcoplasmic Calcium Transport....Pages 75-84
Transmembrane Calcium Movements in Resealed Human Red Cells....Pages 85-95
Sodium-Calcium Exchange Across the Nerve Cell Membrane....Pages 96-107
Active Transport of Calcium by Intestine: Studies with a Calcium Activity Electrode....Pages 108-123
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Role of Calcium Ions in Neuromuscular Transmission....Pages 131-147
Involvement of Calcium in the Secretion of Catecholamines....Pages 148-162
Calcium and Hormone Release....Pages 163-182
Site of Protein Secretion and Calcium Accumulation in the Polymorphonuclear Leucocyte Treated with Leucocidin....Pages 183-197
Hormones, Cell Calcium and Cyclic Amp....Pages 198-213
The S-S Polypeptide Receptor as a Metal Receptor....Pages 214-218
Interaction of Local Anaesthetics and Calcium with Erythrocyte Membranes....Pages 219-240
Caffeine, Calcium and the Activation of Contraction....Pages 241-248
Calcium and the Action Potential in Smooth Muscle....Pages 249-260
Kinetic Aspects of Calcium Current in Ventricular Myocardial Fibres....Pages 261-269
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Cardioactive Steroids with Special Reference to Calcium....Pages 270-279
Back Matter....Pages 289-301