Chemical and Molecular Basis of Nerve Activity

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xi-xiv
Preface to First Edition, Pages xv-xvii
CHAPTER I - Physical Events during Nerve Activity, Pages 1-8
CHAPTER II - Problems of Mechanisms Underlying Nerve Activity, Pages 9-18
CHAPTER III - Physiologically Significant Features of Acetylcholinesterase, Pages 19-44
CHAPTER IV - Inseparability of Conduction and Activity of Acetylcholinesterase, Pages 45-68
CHAPTER V - Sequence of Energy Transformations, Pages 69-99
CHAPTER VI - Tentative Picture of the Role of the Acetylcholine System in the Permeability Change, Pages 101-103
CHAPTER VII - Mechanism of Reactions Catalyzed by Acetylcholinesterase, Pages 105-118
CHAPTER VIII - Nerve Gases, Insecticides, and Antidotes, Pages 119-136
CHAPTER IX - Properties of Choline Acetylase, Pages 137-141
CHAPTER X - Action of Acetylcholine on the Receptor in Intact Cells, Pages 143-152
CHAPTER XI - Isolated Single Electroplax Preparation, Pages 153-163
CHAPTER XII - Effects of Lipid-soluble Quaternary Ammonium Ions on Conduction, Pages 165-170
CHAPTER XIII - The Complex Nature of the Permeability Change, Pages 171-176
CHAPTER XIV - Synaptic Transmission: I. Reevaluation of the Original Neurohumoral Transmitter Theory, Pages 177-186
CHAPTER XV - Synaptic Transmission: II. Localization of Cholinesterase at Junctions, Pages 187-190
CHAPTER XVI - Synaptic Transmission: III. Differences between Axon and Synapse, Pages 191-211
Concluding Remarks, Pages 213-214
References, Pages 215-227
SUPPLEMENT I - Properties and Function of the Proteins of the Acetylcholine Cycle in Excitable Membranes, Pages 229-335
SUPPLEMENT II - Toward a Molecular Model of Bioelectricity, Pages 337-373
References to Supplements I and II, Pages 375-385
Index, Pages 387-403