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Table of ContentsI. Neurocellular AnatomyNeuron: Axon | Dendrite | Apical dendrite | Dendritic spine | Afferent nerve | Efferent nerve | Sensory nerve | Motor nerveAxonal Transport and Growth: Axoplasmic transport | Kinesin | Dynein | Myosin | Growth cone | Axon guidanceSynapse: Synaptic Vesicles | Exocytosis | Endocytosis | Synaptic plasticity | SNARE | Synaptobrevin | Synapsin | NSF | Excitatory synapse | Inhibitory synapse | Electrical synapse | Gap junction Types of neurons: Pyramidal cell | Betz cell | Purkinje cell | Neuromuscular junction | Muscle spindle | Golgi organ | Motor neuron | Sensory neuronGlial cell: Astrocyte | Oligodendrocyte | Schwann cell | Myelin | Nodes of Ranvier Cytoskeleton: Actin | Intermediate filament | Microtubule II. Membranes And TransportMembrane Structure: Fluid mosaic model | Detailed StructureMembrane Components: Phospholipids | Sphingomyelin | Glycolipid | Glycocalix | Cholesterol Movement of Molecules: Diffusion | Osmosis | Electrochemical gradient Passive transport: Facilitated diffusion | Ion channel Active transport: ATP-Dependent Na/K Pump | Proton pump | Antiporter | SymporterIII. Ion ChannelsChannels: Ion channel | Gap junction Voltage-gated: Potassium channel | Sodium channel | BK channel | Inward-rectifier potassium ion channel | Resting channels | Calcium channelLigand-gated: NMDA receptor | AMPA receptor | Kainate receptor | Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor | Glycine receptor | GABA receptor Other ion channels: Cyclic nucleotide-gated | Stretch-activated | G-protein-gated | Light-gated | Gap junction IV. Electrical PhenomenaReview: Electrical charge | Resistance | Capacitance Resting Membrane Potential: Ionic Basis | Number of ions involved in generating the resting potential | Equilibrium potential | Other values of membrane potential | Implications | Nernst equation | Goldman equation | Depolarization | Hyperpolarization Action Potential: Threshold and initiation | Circuit model | Propagation | Refractory period | Evolutionary purpose | Nodes of Ranvier | Reflex arc Postsynaptic Potential: Excitatory postsynaptic potential | Inhibitory postsynaptic potential | Spatial summation | Temporal summation | Shunting V. Signal TransductionExtracellular Signalling - Neurotransmitters and receptors: Acetylcholine | Degradation by acetylcholinesterase | Ach Receptors | Catecholamines | Epinephrine | Norepinephrine | Adrenergic receptor | Dopamine | Dopamine receptor | Serotonin | Serotonin Receptors | Histamine | Glutamate | NMDA receptor | AMPA receptor | Kainate receptor | GABA | GABA receptor | Glycine | Glycine Receptor | Nitric oxide | NeuromodulatorIntracellular signalling: Signal Amplification | Second messenger | Nuclear receptors | Calcium as a second messenger | Protein Phosphorylation | Protein Kinase | Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases | Calmodulin | Phosphatase | G-Protein | G-protein-coupled receptors | GTPase | cAMP | Adenylate cyclase | cAMP-dependent protein kinase | cGMP | Guanylate cyclase | PhosphodiesteraseMemory: Short-term memory | Long-term memory | Working memory | Cortical plasticity | Hebbian learning Synaptic Plasticity: Long-term potentiation (LTP) | LTP Types | LTP Properties | LTP Phases | LTP Mechanism | LTP and behavioral memory | Long-term depression | Spike timing dependent plasticity | Dendritic spine | Heterosynaptic | Homosynaptic VI. TechniquesElectrophysiology: Intracellular recording | Extracellular recording | Voltage clamp | Current clamp | Patch clamp | Single unit recording | Electroencephalography | Nerve conduction study Microscopy: Two-photon excitation microscopy | Electron microscopy | Fluorescence microscopy | Confocal laser scanning microscopy MobiPocket Reader Setup1. To read this book you will need to download the Free MobiPocket Reader from MobiPocket, the Amazon.com company. You can install the Reader directly to your handheld. However, we recommend that you install the MobiPocket Desktop Reader first from here2. When you connect the handheld to the desktop PC, the MobiPocket Desktop Reader automatically detects the handheld and installs an appropriate software on the handheld. 3. Open the PRC file from the MobiPocket Desktop Reader. Click the Send button to send the book from the desktop PC to the handheld. 4. Whenever you connect the handheld to the desktop PC, the MobiPocket Desktop Reader automatically synchronizes the book between the handheld and the desktop PC. You could read half of the book on the handheld, then finish reading on the desktop. Annotations and drawings are also synchronized.5. Alternative: You can download the Free MobiPocket Reader directly to your handheld from here