Ion Channel Pharmacology
Edited by Bernat Soria and Valentín Ceña
Table of Contents
I. Development
1. Neurotrophic factors and development of ionic channels in primary sensory neurons on the ear, F. Giraldez
II. Sodium channels
2. Chemical modulation of sodium channels, T. Narahashi
3. Antiarrhythmic action of drugs interacting with sodium channels, J. Tamargo
III. Calcium channels
4. Biophysics of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels: gating kinetics and their modulation, E. Carbone
5. Pharmacology of voltage-dependent calcium channels, B. Bean
6. Ion channels formed by amyloid B protein (ABP[1-40]). Pharmacology and therapeutic implications for Alzheimer's Disease, H.B. Pollard
IV. Potassium channels
7. The biophysical basis of potassium pharmacology, B Soria
8. Peptide toxins interacting with potassium channels, M.L. Garcia
9. Properties of the ATP-refulated K+ channel in pancreatic B-cells, M.J. Dunne
10. Potential role of the pharmacology of potassium channels in therapeutics, B. Soria
V. Chloride channels
11. Chloride channel pharmacology, M.A. Valverde
VI. Mechano-gated channels
12. Drug effects on mechano-gated channels, O.P. Hamill
VII. Intracellular channels
13. Intracellular channels in muscle, E. Jaimovich
14. Basic properties of calcium release channels in neural cells, P.G. Kostyuk
15. Mitochondrial membrane channels and their pharmacology, M.-L. Camp
16. Modulation of a large conductance K+ channel from chromaffin granule membranes by adrenergic agonists and G-proteins, N. Arispe
VIII. Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels
17. Cyclic nucleotide gated ion channels. Physiology, pharmacology and molecular biology, G. Matthews
IX. Receptor-operated channels
18. Excitatory aminoacid-activated channels, J. Lerma
19. Comparison of native and recombinant NMDA receptor channels, P. Stern and D. Colquhoun
20. A unified theory of antidepressant action: evidence for adaptation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor following chronic antidepressant treatments, K.T. Layer
21. Excitatory synaptic transmission in hippocampus: modulation by purinoceptors via Ca2+ channels, O. Krishtal