Bioelectrochemistry of Cells and Tissues

Bioelectrochemistry: Principles and Practice provides a comprehensive compilation of all the physicochemical aspects of the different biochemical and physiological processes. The role of electric and magnetic fields in biological systems forms the focus of this second volume in the Bioelectrochemist...

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Other Authors: Walz, Dieter (Editor), Berg, Hermann (Editor), Milazzo, Giulio (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel Birkhäuser Basel 1995, 1995
Edition:1st ed. 1995
Series:Bioelectrochemistry: Principles and Practice
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Theory and experiment
  • • Introduction
  • • Theoretical background
  • • Cell dielectrophoresis
  • • Cell electrorotation
  • • Relationship between dielectrophoresis and electrorotation
  • 7. Effects of magnetic fields on living systems
  • • Introduction
  • • Field types and modes of action
  • • Experimental in vitro results
  • • Experimental in vivo results
  • 8. Low-frequency electromagnetic field effects on cell metabolism
  • • Introduction
  • A model system for the study of cholinergic function
  • • Introduction
  • • Anatomy and embryology of the electromotor system
  • • Electrophysiology of the electromotor system
  • • Electrolocation and electrocommunication
  • • The cellular and molecular biology of cholinergic synapses as deduced from work on the electromotor system
  • • Summary
  • 2. Contractility and motility of muscle and non-muscle cells
  • • Introduction
  • • Histology of striated muscle cells
  • • Muscle physiology
  • • The sliding filament model
  • • Actin and myosin are proteins organized in filaments
  • • Actin and myosin exist in a number of variants
  • • The atomic structures of actin and myosin subfragment 1 have been solved
  • • The cross-bridge cycle
  • • The mechanism of ATP-hydrolysis by myosin and acto-myosin
  • • Where in the myosin molecule is the force produced?
  • • The regulation of muscle activity
  • • Electrochemical coupling in muscle cells
  • • Muscle diseases (Myopathies)
  • • Motor systems in non-muscle cells
  • • Summary
  • 3. Light-transduction in photoreceptors
  • • Introduction
  • • Structure and function of photoreceptors
  • • Molecular basis of phototransduction
  • • Light-induced currents
  • • Function of calcium ions in photoreception
  • • Voltage-gated currents and their physiological significance
  • • Ion transport
  • • Summary and conclusions
  • 4. An electrochemical description of metabolism
  • • Introduction
  • • Cellular structure and enzyme organisation
  • • Cellular energy transduction
  • • Proton and electron flow in intracellular structures
  • • Importance of electrical processes in the control of metabolism
  • • Significance of cellular potentials
  • • Theoretical considerations
  • • Relevant experimental studies
  • • Electrochemical regulation of metabolism
  • • Experimental techniques
  • • Biochemical and biological response of biological systems
  • • Current models for mechanisms of electrostimulation