Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels - Zamponi, Gerald Werner; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
Ca2+ Chemistry, Storage and Transport in Biologic Systems -- Monitoring Intracellular Ca2+ in Brain Slices with Fluorescent Indicators -- A Brief History of Calcium Channel Discovery -- Biochemical Studies of Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels -- Molecular Properties of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels -- Role of ? Subunits in Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Functions -- Distribution and Targeting Mechanisms of Voltage Activated Ca2+ Channels -- The Calcium Channel and the Transmitter Release Site -- Determinants of G Protein Inhibition of Presynaptic Calcium Channels -- Phosphorylation-Dependent Regulation of Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels -- Ca2+-Dependent Modulation of Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels -- Voltage-Dependent Inactivation of Voltage Gated Calcium Channels -- Selective Permeability of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels -- The Run-Down Phenomenon of Ca2+ Channels -- Calcium Channels As Therapeutic Targets -- Calcium Channelopathies -- The Molecular Basis of Ca2+ Antagonist Drug Action-Recent Developments -- Calcium Channel Block and Inactivation -- Block of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels by Peptide Toxins -- Calcium Channels in the Heart -- Post-Genomic Insights into T-Type Calcium Channel Functions in Neurons -- Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels of the Vertebrate Retina -- Exploring the Function and Pharmacotherapeutic of Potential Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels with Gene-Knockout Models.
Keywords: Cell biology; Life sciences; Biophysics; Biological physics; Neurosciences; Human physiology; Pharmacology; Cell Biology; Life Sciences, general; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics; Neurosciences; Human Physiology; Pharmacology/Toxicology.