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Regenerative Ionic Currents And Bistability, Gregory D. Conradi Smith
Regenerative Ionic Currents And Bistability, Gregory D. Conradi Smith
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What every neuroscientist should know about the mathematical modeling of excitable cells. Combining empirical physiology and nonlinear dynamics, this text provides an introduction to the simulation and modeling of dynamic phenomena in cell biology and neuroscience. It introduces mathematical modeling techniques alongside cellular electrophysiology. Topics include membrane transport and diffusion, the biophysics of excitable membranes, the gating of voltage and ligand-gated ion channels, intracellular calcium signalling, and electrical bursting in neurons and other excitable cell types. It introduces mathematical modeling techniques such as ordinary differential equations, phase plane, and bifurcation analysis of single-compartment neuron models. With analytical and computational problem …
Culturing Echinoderm Larvae Through Metamorphosis, Jason Hodin, Andreas Hayland, Annie Mercier, Bruno Pernet, David L. Cohen, Jean-Francois Hamel, Jonathan D. Allen, Justin S. Mcalister, Maria Byrne, Sophie B. George
Culturing Echinoderm Larvae Through Metamorphosis, Jason Hodin, Andreas Hayland, Annie Mercier, Bruno Pernet, David L. Cohen, Jean-Francois Hamel, Jonathan D. Allen, Justin S. Mcalister, Maria Byrne, Sophie B. George
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Echinoderms are favored study organisms not only in cell and developmental biology, but also physiology, larval biology, benthic ecology, population biology and paleontology, among other fields. However, many echinoderm embryology labs are not well-equipped to continue to rear the post-embryonic stages that result. This is unfortunate, as such labs are thus unable to address many intriguing biological phenomena, related to their own cell and developmental biology studies, that emerge during larval and juvenile stages. To facilitate broader studies of post-embryonic echinoderms, we provide here our collective experience rearing these organisms, with suggestions to try and pitfalls to avoid. Furthermore, we …