Table of Contents

Ion movement in excitable cells; electrical properties of the excitable membrane; functional properties of dendrites; nonlinear properties of excitable membranes; Hodgkin and Huxley's analysis of the squid giant axon; functional diversity of voltage-gated ionic conductances; molecular structure and unitary currents of ion channels; stochastic analysis of single-channel function; formulation of stochastic channel mechanisms; synaptic transmission I - presynaptic mechanisms; synaptic transmission II - Ca2+ and transmitter release; synaptic transmission III - postsynaptic mechanisms; extracellular field recordings; cellular neurophysiology of learning and memory. Appendices: basic electricity and electrical circuits; optical methods in cellular neurophysiology; short answers to homework problems; complete solutions to problems.

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