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Cell Physiology Sourcebook
About this book
Written by leading experts in the field, the fifth edition of the Cell Physiology Sourcebook, Fifth Edition offers a critical, comprehensive, and multidisciplinary overview of essential aspects of cell physiology and biophysics, spanning from bacterial and archaeal cells to mammalian cells and tissues. The present edition incorporates new molecular insights without losing the integrative perspective of cell physiology and biophysics, as well as its foundational concepts. Our target readers are advanced students and researchers interested in understanding how cells work.The history of this book goes back to Hugh Davson's classic A Textbook of General Physiology, which reached its fourth and last edition in 1970. The successor of this influential work was Cell Physiology Sourcebook, first published in 1995 and edited by the late Professor Nicholas Sperelakis, with a foreword written by Davson. At that time, the knowledge of molecular and cell physiology became so vast that a single author's work, like its predecessor, was materially impossible. Professor Sperelakis, for whom we dedicate the present edition, put together an impressive volume with the contribution of various experts in fundamental areas of the field until the 4th edition, published in 2012, one year before his death. This book's success and the gap it fills motivated the present editors to continue this project, updating the entire book to reflect new developments.
- Authored by leading experts in the field
- Illustrated with high-quality color images
- A valuable resource for researchers and students in biomedical sciences, covering fundamental and advanced cellular and molecular physiology and biophysics topics
- The book's content reflects current trends and developments in the field, making it an essential read for those seeking a deeper understanding of cell function
- Clear, concise, and comprehensive, the Cell Physiology Sourcebook is designed to complement medical physiology and biology textbooks. It provides a deeper dive into key concepts, making it an invaluable resource for students and researchers in biomedical sciences
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Cell Physiology Sourcebook
- Cell Physiology Sourcebook
- Copyright
- Dedication
- In Memoriam
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 - Biophysical chemistry of physiological solutions
- 2 - Structure and function of proteins
- 3 - Carbohydrates-The glycocalyx and its biological roles
- 4 - Cell membranes and their shaping
- 5 - Bacterial and archaeal cells
- 6 - Nucleic acids and the cell nucleus
- 7 - Structural and biophysical properties of tight junctions
- 8 - Biology of gap junctions
- 9 - Biophysics of intracellular and extracellular diffusion
- 10 - Membrane diffusion and permeability
- 11 - Osmotic pressure and water movement across cell membranes
- 12 - Origin of the resting membrane potential
- 13 - ATP synthase: Structure, function, and channel formation
- 14 - Calcium transport and signaling
- 15 - Intracellular chloride regulation
- 16 - Intracellular pH regulation
- 17 - Transepithelial transport mechanisms
- 18 - Aquaporin water channels
- 19 - Generation and conduction of electrical signals
- 20 - Structure and mechanism of voltage-gated ion channels
- 21 - Mechanosensitive channels: What are they and why are they important
- 22 - Cell volume regulation
- 23 - Ligand-gated ion channels
- 24 - Signal transduction and second messengers
- 25 - Synaptic transmission
- 26 - Pancreas and insulin
- 27 - Bioluminescence: Cell physiology, diversity, and new evolutionary insights
- 28 - Evolution and physiology of animal visual systems
- 29 - Taste and smell chemoreceptors
- 30 - Microtubules, dynein and eukaryotic cilia
- 31 - Motion by rotatory flagella and archaella, twitching, gliding, springs, and catapults
- 32 - Cell migration, taxis, kinesis, quorum sensing, and tropism
- 33 - Cell locomotion driven by pulsed solitary actin gelation waves and actin-microtubule crosstalk
- 34 - Chronobiology of single-cell organisms
- 35 - Smooth muscle excitability
- 36 - Excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle
- Index
- Back Cover