Molecular And Cellular Physiology Of Neurons - Tapa dura

Fain is an expert on the physiology of vision, and has based his book on lectures he gave to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates at the University of California at Los Angeles. As someone who has struggled for 25 years to get similar ideas on neural signaling across to my students, I know this will be a joy to use in teaching. Fain explains complex concepts with exquisite clarity. -- David Wallis New Scientist The choice of topics has the liveliness that reflects the day-to-day enthusiasms of a subject in its prime. Here are topics that are difficult to integrate completely under one banner because the molecular mechanisms neurons use to signal are genuinely so diverse...I find Fain's approach remarkably refreshing. -- Jonathan Ashmore Trends in Neuroscience What is so wonderful about this book is the way Fain has removed [the] dichotomy [between molecular and cellular biology] by interweaving cellular and molecular studies into a seamless discussion of how neurons work. The sense of unity is further nurtured by redrawing original data from numerous classic papers to conform to common display formats, aided by many helpful illustrations by the author's wife...An excellent work. -- D. M. Senseman Choice

In order to understand the brain, you must understand how the individual molecules and cells of the nervous system function and ultimately contribute to human behaviour. This text is an account of what is known about the functioning of the brain at the level of molecules and cells. It takes readers from the fundamentals to the most sophisticated concepts and latest discoveries: from membrane potentials to experiments on lotage-gatred ion channels; from descriptions of receptors, G proteins, effector molecules, and secondary messengers to an account of understanding of long-term potential. In each chapter, Gordon Fain discusses individual experiments that have made important contributions to knowledge and that illustrate the techniques and approaches that have formed present views of nerve cell function.