Chloride Channels and Carriers in Nerve, Muscle, and Glial Cells
. Ed(S): Alvarez-Leefmans, F.Javier; Russell, John M.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Alvarez-Leefmans, F.Javier; Russell, John M. Num Pages: 444 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHVN; PSAN; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 839.
This is a book about how Cl- crosses the cell membranes of nerve, muscle, and glial cells. Not so very many years ago, a pamphlet rather than book might have resulted from such an endeavor! One might ask why Cl-, the most abundant biological anion, attracted so little attention from investigators. The main reason was that the prevailing paradigm for cellular ion homeostasis in the 1950s and 1960s assigned Cl- a ther modynamically passive and unspecialized role. This view was particularly prominent among muscle and neuroscience investigators. In searching for reasons for such a negative (no pun intended) viewpoint, it ... Read more
This is a book about how Cl- crosses the cell membranes of nerve, muscle, and glial cells. Not so very many years ago, a pamphlet rather than book might have resulted from such an endeavor! One might ask why Cl-, the most abundant biological anion, attracted so little attention from investigators. The main reason was that the prevailing paradigm for cellular ion homeostasis in the 1950s and 1960s assigned Cl- a ther modynamically passive and unspecialized role. This view was particularly prominent among muscle and neuroscience investigators. In searching for reasons for such a negative (no pun intended) viewpoint, it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
Number of Pages
426
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781475796872
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V9781475796872
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