Frogs : genetic diversity, neural development, and ecological implications / Henry Lambert, editor.

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FROGS: GENETIC DIVERSITY, NEURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: POISON STORAGE AND MATURATION IN SEROUS CUTANEOUS GLANDS OF ANURANS: AN INTEGRATIVE ULTRASTRUCTURAL OUTLOOK; ABSTRACT; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS IN THE FIGURES; INTRODUCTION; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY AND DEVELOPMENT OF SEROUS GLANDS; GLAND STRUCTURE; SECRETORY CYCLE; SITE OF SEROUS PRODUCT BIOSYNTHESIS AND MATURATION; MECHANISMS OF MATURATION; ORDERED PATTERN FORMATION; ULTIMATE FEATURES OF SEROUS PRODUCTS; MATURE SEROUS PRODUCTS DURING RELEASE.

CONCLUSIONREFERENCES; Chapter 2: MINIREVIEW: SUPPRESSION OF ANURAN METAMORPHOSIS BY SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CYCLOSPORIN A AND ACETYL-L-CARNITINE; BISPHENOL A AND RELATED COMPOUNDS; PHTHALATES; PERCHLORATE; UV FILTERS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: MECHANISMS OF SUPRATHRESHOLD EXCITATION OF A FROG TECTAL NEURON COLUMN BY DISCHARGE OF A SINGLE MOVING EDGE OR DARKNESS DETECTOR AND THEIR RELATION TO A FROG'S ESCAPE REACTIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; 1. ISOLATION OF UNIT RESPONSE; 2. FEATURES OF THE UNIT RESPONSE.

3. ORIGIN OF THE POPULATION RESPONSES4. THE SNP IS GENERATED BY THE NMDA RECEPTOR CURRENT; 5. THE SNW IS GENERATED BY DENDRITIC L-TYPE CA2+CURRENT; 6. THE ACTIVATION OF THE L-TYPE CA2+CHANNELS IS REQUIRED TO ACTIVATE THE NMDA RECEPTORS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF BLOOD'S SYSTEM OF FROGS RANA RIDIBUNDA PALL; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PART 1. CYTOLOGICAL FEATURES OF HAEMATOPOIETIC CENTERS OF RANA RIDIBUNDA PALL; MATERIALS AND METHODS; PART 2. CYTOLOGY OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD OF RANA RIDIBUNDA PALL. IN THE PERIOD ACTIVATION AND DAMPING OF HEMATOPOIESIS.

MATERIALS AND METHODSPART 3. AGE STRUCTURE OF ERYTHROCYTE POPULATION IN THE DIFFERENT SEASONAL PERIODS; MATERIALS AND METHODS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: PRESYNAPTIC VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNELS AT THE FROG NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; INDEX.

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