Calcium Electrogenesis and Neuronal Functioning [Paperback]

Outcome of a Symposium Held January 1985 in the Ringberg CastleLow- and High-Voltage Activated Ca Channels in Vertebrate Cultured Neurons: Properties and Functions.- Calcium Channels and cAMP Metabolism in Nerve Cells.- Activation and Inactivation of Single Calcium Channels in Cardiac Cells.- Mechanism for Calcium-Dependent Inactivation of Ca Current.- Voltage-Dependent Repriming of Inactivated Calcium Current in Identified Helix Neurons.- Calcium Spikes and Inward Currents in Mammalian Peripheral and Central Neurones.- Bursting Pacemaking in Helix Neurons: A Nonspecific Membrane Current Activated by Intracellular Calcium.- Concentration Profiles of Intracellular Calcium in the Presence of a Diffusible Chelator.- Action of Dihydropyridines on Ca Channels.- Blockade of Neuronal Calcium Conductances by Organic Antagonists.- Rapid Photoinactivation of Nifedipine in Heart Muscle: Implications on the Kinetics and Role of Ca2+ Channel in Generation of Tension.- Pharmacological Aspects of Ca-Activated K Conductance in Molluscan Neurons.- Two Calcium Currents in Normal Rat Anterior Pituitary Cells Identified by a Plaque Assay.- Calcium, A Cofactor in Neuromuscular Transmission.- Intracellular Signals in Stimulation of Enzyme Secretion from Exocrine Glands.- Muscarinic Modulation in the Neostriatum: Possible Involvement of Calcium.- Beta-Adrenergic Control of Calcium Channels in Cardiac Myocytes.- Regulation of Calcium Currents and Synaptic Transmitter Release.- Role of Ionic Channels in Exocrine Gland Secretion.- 5-Alpha Dihydrotestosterone Alters the Properties of Acetylcholine Activated Ion Channels in Androgen Concentrating Myotubes.- Depression of Calcium Currents of Chick Sensory Neurons by Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Persists After Elimination of Other Net Membrane Currents.- Neuromodulation by Adenosine and the Effect on Ion Fluxes.- The Nerve-Muscle Junction: A Remodelling Contact.- A Possible Role of Calcium Currents in Developmental Plasticity.- Ca-Dependent and Ca-Inlc)