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Role of Calcium and Comparable Cations in Animal Behaviour.
Title:
Role of Calcium and Comparable Cations in Animal Behaviour.
Author:
Wilkins, Patricia.
ISBN:
9781847552136
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (250 pages)
Contents:
BK9780854046669-FX001 -- ROC -- 1.1&X -- INTRODUCTION -- heading02 -- 1.2&X -- OCCURRENCE -- 1.2.1&Y -- Earth's Crust -- heading05 -- 1.2.2&Y -- The Seas -- 1.2.3&Y -- Biological Materials -- Table 1 -- 1.3&X -- COORDINATION CHEMISTRY -- 1.3.1&Y -- Ion Sizes -- 1.3.2&Y -- Donor Atoms and Strength of Binding -- Table 2 -- Figure 1 -- heading11 -- Table 3 -- heading12 -- 1.3.3&Y -- Calcium Binding Domains -- 1.3.4&Y -- Geometry of Binding -- Figure 2 -- 1.3.5&Y -- Kinetic Lability -- 1.4&X -- SOLUBILITY OF SALTS AND ATTENDANT PROBLEMS -- heading17 -- heading18 -- 1.5&X -- ASSAY -- 1.5.1&Y -- Solution -- 1.5.2&Y -- Determination of Intra-cellu-lar Calcium Ion Concentrations -- heading22 -- 1.5.3&Y -- Procedures -- 1.5.4&Y -- Caged Calcium -- 1.5.5&Y -- Solid State -- 1.6&X -- SUMMARY -- 2.1&X -- SODIUM -- 2.1.1&Y -- Impulse Transmission -- heading03 -- 2.1.2&Y -- Solute Transport -- heading05 -- Figure 1 -- 2.2&X -- POTASSIUM -- 2.2.1&Y -- Impulse Transmission -- 2.2.2&Y -- Enzyme Activation -- 2.3&X -- MAGNESIUM -- 2.3.1&Y -- Impulse Inhibition -- heading11 -- 2.3.2&Y -- Interactions with Biomolecules -- 2.3.3&Y -- Cell Wall Structure -- 2.3.4&Y -- Enzyme Activation -- Figure 2 -- 2.3.5&Y -- Photosynthesis -- 2.4&X -- CALCIUM -- 2.4.1&Y -- Impulse Transmission -- 2.4.2&Y -- Second Messenger Action -- heading19 -- 2.5&X -- CALCIUM BINDING PROTEINS AND THEIR OCCURENCE -- 2.5.1&Y -- Calmodulin -- Table 1 -- heading22 -- Figure 3 -- 2.5.2&Y -- Lectins -- 2.5.3&Y -- Regulation of Gene Ex-pres-sion -- heading25 -- 2.5.4&Y -- Cell Birth and Death -- heading27 -- heading28 -- 2.5.5&Y -- Exocytosis and Endocytosis -- Figure 4 -- heading30 -- 2.5.6&Y -- Movement in Organisms -- 2.5.7&Y -- Blood Coagulation -- heading33 -- 2.5.8&Y -- Biomineralization -- heading35 -- 2.6&X -- CLINICAL ASPECTS -- 2.6.1&Y -- Dietary Requirements -- heading38 -- 2.6.2&Y.

Deficiencies and Excesses -- Table 2 -- Table 3 -- 2.6.3&Y -- Medicines -- heading41 -- 2.7&X -- SUMMARY -- 3.1&X -- WHY AND WHERE CHANNELS OCCUR -- Figure 1 -- Figure 2 -- heading02 -- 3.2&X -- CHANNEL STIMULI AND TYPES OF CHANNELS -- 3.3&X -- VOLTAGE GATED CHANNELS -- 3.3.1&Y -- Sodium Channels -- Table 1 -- 3.3.2&Y -- Potassium Channels -- heading07 -- 3.3.3&Y -- Calcium Channels -- 3.4&X -- STRUCTURAL ASPECTS -- 3.4.1&Y -- Topology of the -- Figure 3 -- heading11 -- 3.4.2&Y -- The KcsA Channel Pore -- Figure 4 -- 3.5&X -- LIGAND PROMOTED CHANNEL OPENING -- heading14 -- Table 2 -- 3.5.1&Y -- Ligands and Receptors -- Table 3 -- 3.5.2&Y -- G-protein Linked Receptors -- Figure 5 -- Figure 6 -- Figure 7 -- heading17 -- 3.5.3&Y -- Mediated Transport Systems -- 3.6&X -- PUMPS -- 3.6.1&Y -- Primary Active Transport (ATPases) -- Figure 8 -- 3.6.2&Y -- Secondary Active Transport -- Figure 9 -- 3.7&X -- ION HOMEOSTASIS -- 3.7.1&Y -- pH -- 3.7.2&Y -- Cellular Ca -- Figure 10 -- heading25 -- Figure 11 -- 3.8&X -- MOVING IONS BETWEEN CELLS -- Figure 12 -- heading27 -- 3.9&X -- SUMMARY -- 4.1&X -- REFLEX ARC -- Figure 1 -- Figure 2 -- 4.2 NEURON STRUCTURE -- Figure 3 -- 4.3&X -- NEURON CHARGE -- heading04 -- Figure 5 -- Figure 4 -- 4.4&X -- GENERATION OF ACTION POTENTIALS -- Figure 6 -- heading06 -- Figure 7 -- Figure 8 -- Table 1 -- heading07 -- Figure 9 -- 4.4.1‡The Propagation of Action Potential Along an Axon -- Figure 10 -- heading09 -- Figure 11 -- 4.4.2‡Patterns of Action Potential Firing -- heading11 -- 4.4.3‡Myelin Covering -- heading13 -- 4.5&X -- MALFUNCTIONING OF NEURONS -- 4.5.1‡Intracorporal Upset -- heading16 -- heading17 -- Table 2 -- 4.5.2‡Extracorporal Invasion (Neurotoxins) -- heading19 -- heading20 -- Table 3 -- heading21 -- Table 4 -- Table 5 -- Table 6 -- 4.6&X -- LOCAL ANAESTHETICS -- 4.7&X -- SUMMARY -- 5.1&X -- EXOCYTOSIS -- Figure 1.

5.1.1&Y -- Endocytosis -- Figure 2 -- 5.1.2&Y -- Neurotoxins That Target Exocytosis‡ -- 5.1.3&Y -- Clostridial Toxins -- Table 1 -- heading05 -- 5.2&X -- THE CHEMICAL NATURE OF NEUROSECRETIONS -- 5.3&X -- NEUROTRANSMITTERS -- 5.3.1&Y -- Fate of Neuro-trans-mitter After Use -- heading09 -- 5.3.2‡Manipulation of Neuro-trans-mitter by the Target Cell -- 5.4&X -- INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL (IPSP) -- Figure 3 -- heading12 -- Figure 4 -- Figure 5 -- heading13 -- 5.5&X -- EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL (EPSP) -- 5.6&X -- NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES -- 5.7&X -- NEUROTOXINS THAT TARGET POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTORS -- Table 2 -- heading17 -- Table 3 -- Table 4 -- heading18 -- 5.8&X -- SUMMARY -- Table 5 -- 6.1&X -- MUSCLE TYPES -- 6.2&X -- SKELETAL MUSCLE -- heading03 -- Table 1 -- 6.2.1&Y -- Final Events Leading to Skeletal Muscle Contraction -- Figure 1 -- Figure 2 -- heading05 -- heading06 -- 6.2.2&Y -- Muscle Contraction -- Figure 3 -- Figure 4 -- Figure 5 -- Figure 6 -- heading08 -- Figure 7 -- 6.2.3&Y -- Summary of the Events Be-tween Stimulation and Muscle Contraction -- 6.3&X -- MUSCLE FUNCTIONS -- 6.3.1&Y -- Posture and Movement of Bodies -- heading12 -- 6.3.2&Y -- Production of Sound -- Figure 8 -- heading14 -- 6.3.3&Y -- Insect Flight -- 6.4&X -- CARDIAC MUSCLE -- 6.4.1&Y -- Comparison with Skeletal Muscle -- Figure 9 -- heading18 -- 6.4.2&Y -- Generation of Action Potential -- Figure 10 -- 6.4.3&Y -- Electrocardiogram (ECG) -- Figure 11 -- 6.4.4&Y -- Cardiac Arrhythmias -- Figure 12 -- heading22 -- Table 2 -- heading23 -- 6.4.5&Y -- Nervous Control of Heartbeat -- Figure 13 -- 6.5&X -- SMOOTH MUSCLE -- heading26 -- heading27 -- 6.5.1&Y -- Mechanisms of Contraction -- Figure 14 -- 6.5.2&Y -- Catch Muscle -- heading30 -- 6.5.3&Y -- Abnormalities in Smooth Muscle -- heading32 -- 6.5.4&Y -- Non-muscle Cells -- heading34 -- Figure 15 -- 6.6&X.

ION CHANNELOPATHIES ASSOCIATED WITH MUSCLE DYSFUNCTION -- Figure 16 -- Figure 17 -- Table 3 -- Table 4 -- 6.6.1&Y -- Myotonias -- Table 5 -- Table 6 -- heading37 -- 6.7&X -- SUMMARY -- 7.1&X -- TYPES OF SENSATIONS AND THEIR GENERAL PROCESSING -- Figure 1 -- Table 1 -- heading02 -- Figure 2 -- 7.2&X -- TOUCH AND HEARING -- 7.2.1&Y -- Paramecia Respond to Touch -- heading05 -- 7.2.2&Y -- Cockroaches Respond to Wind -- 7.2.3&Y -- Spiders Respond to Vibrations -- 7.2.4&Y -- Alligators Respond to Ripples on the Surface of the Water -- 7.2.5&Y -- Humans Respond to a Tap on the Knee -- Figure 3 -- 7.3&X -- HEARING IN HUMANS -- Figure 4 -- Figure 5 -- heading11 -- 7.4&X -- SIGHT -- 7.4.1&Y -- Vertebrate Eye -- 7.4.2&Y -- Conversion of Light to Electrical Signals -- Figure 6 -- Figure 7 -- Table 2 -- 7.4.3&Y -- Electroreceptor Cells -- heading16 -- 7.5&X -- SMELL AND TASTE -- 7.5.1&Y -- Vertebrate Olfactory Receptor -- heading19 -- Figure 8 -- 7.5.2&Y -- Vertebrate Taste Receptors -- Figure 9 -- 7.5.3&Y -- Taste Modalities -- heading22 -- heading23 -- Table 3 -- 7.6&X -- HOT AND COLD -- heading25 -- 7.7&X -- PAIN -- Figure 10 -- 7.7.1&Y -- Pain Signalling and Pain Moderation -- Figure 11 -- heading28 -- 7.7.2&Y -- Hot and Cold Pain -- Figure 12 -- heading30 -- 7.8&X -- SUMMARY -- 8.1&X -- GENERAL FEATURES -- heading02 -- Table 1 -- 8.2&X -- IMPORTANCE OF BIOMINERALS TO ORGANISMS -- heading04 -- heading05 -- heading06 -- 8.3&X -- BIOMINERALIZATION IN INVERTEBRATES -- 8.3.1&Y -- Protoctista (Alternative, Protista) -- heading09 -- 8.3.2&Y -- Cnidaria -- 8.3.3&Y -- Crustacea -- 8.3.4&Y -- Mollusca -- heading13 -- Figure 1 -- heading14 -- heading15 -- 8.4&X -- BIOMINERALIZATION IN VERTEBRATES -- 8.4.1&Y -- Otoliths -- heading18 -- heading19 -- 8.4.2&Y -- Bone -- Figure 2 -- heading21 -- 8.4.3&Y -- Teeth -- heading23 -- 8.5&X -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 1‡‡‡‡THE IONS.

mkr14 -- GENERAL TEXTS -- mkr1 -- mkr2 -- mkr3 -- mkr4 -- mkr5 -- mkr6 -- mkr7 -- mkr8 -- mkr9 -- mkr10 -- mkr11 -- mkr12 -- mkr13 -- CHAPTER 1‡‡‡‡THE IONS -- mkr14 -- mkr15 -- mkr16 -- mkr17 -- mkr18 -- mkr19 -- mkr20 -- CHAPTER 2‡‡‡‡BIOLOGICAL ROLES -- mkr21 -- mkr22 -- mkr23 -- mkr24 -- mkr25 -- mkr26 -- mkr27 -- mkr28 -- mkr29 -- mkr30 -- mkr31 -- mkr32 -- CHAPTER 3‡‡‡‡MOVING IONS THROUGH MEMBRANES -- mkr33 -- mkr34 -- mkr35 -- mkr36 -- mkr37 -- mkr38 -- mkr39 -- mkr40 -- mkr41 -- mkr42 -- mkr43 -- mkr44 -- mkr45 -- mkr46 -- CHAPTER 4‡‡‡‡INTRACELLULAR SIGNALLING -- mkr47 -- mkr48 -- mkr49 -- mkr50 -- mkr51 -- mkr52 -- mkr53 -- mkr54 -- mkr55 -- mkr56 -- mkr57 -- mkr58 -- mkr59 -- mkr60 -- mkr61 -- CHAPTER 5‡‡‡‡INTERCELLULAR SIGNALLING -- mkr62 -- mkr63 -- mkr64 -- mkr65 -- mkr66 -- CHAPTER 6‡‡‡‡MUSCLE -- mkr67 -- mkr68 -- mkr69 -- mkr70 -- mkr71 -- mkr72 -- mkr73 -- mkr74 -- mkr75 -- mkr76 -- mkr77 -- mkr78 -- mkr79 -- CHAPTER 7‡‡‡‡SENSES -- mkr80 -- mkr81 -- mkr82 -- mkr83 -- mkr84 -- mkr85 -- mkr86 -- mkr87 -- CHAPTER 8‡‡‡‡BIOMINERALIZATION -- mkr88 -- mkr89 -- mkr90 -- mkr91 -- mkr92 -- mkr93 -- mkr94 -- mkr95.
Abstract:
Calcium and comparable cations are fast being recognised for their role as vital components of animal physiology. When trying to answer questions such as why salmon can adjust to life in fresh water as well as seawater, or why chilli peppers taste hot to humans but evoke little response from chickens, we often find the answers lie in patterns of movement of these ions and their roles in sensing, transmitting and collecting messages. Bringing together scattered literature on calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium in biology, this book examines important biological contributions of these ions including enzyme activation, effects in all types of muscle and biomineralization. Attention is focused on: channel construction and ion movement; calcium as a second messenger and in the construction of solids and ion channelopathies, with the help of personalities such as Agatha Christie, van Gogh and Captain Cook. The Role of Calcium and Comparable Cations in Animal Behaviour will be valued by a wide-range of readers including students of bioinorganic chemistry and animal behavioural studies, teachers and other professionals in academia. Visit www.rsc.org/books/6666 for further information.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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