Frontispiece S. Jonathan Singer p. xiv
Perspectives
Some Early History of Membrane Molecular Biology S. Jonathan Singer p. 1
Cardiovascular Physiology
Myocardial Aging and Senescence: Where Have the Stem Cells Gone? Mark A. Sussman and Piero Anversa p. 29
Viral-Based Myocardial Gene Therapy Approaches to Alter Cardiac Function Matthew L. Williams and Walter J. Koch p. 49
Cell Physiology
Developmental Regulation of Lung Liquid Transport Richard E. Olver and Dafydd V. Walters and Stuart M. Wilson p. 77
Mechanism of Rectification in Inward-Rectifier K[superscript +] Channels Zhe Lu p. 103
Metabolic Regulation of Potassium Channels Xiang Dong Tang and Lindsey Ciali Santarelli and Stefan H. Heinemann and Toshinori Hoshi p. 131
Structure and Function of Glutamate Receptor Ion Channels Mark L. Mayer and Neali Armstrong p. 161
Comparative Physiology
Biochemical Indicators of Stress and Metabolism: Applications for Marine Ecological Studies Elizabeth P. Dahlhoff p. 183
Field Physiology: Physiological Insights from Animals in Nature Daniel P. Costa and Barry Sinervo p. 209
Metabolic Rate and Body Temperature Reduction During Hibernation and Daily Torpor Fritz Geiser p. 239
Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Mammalian Torpor H. Craig Heller and Norman F. Ruby p. 275
Endocrinology
Estrogens in the Nervous System: Mechanisms and Nonreproductive Functions Adriana Maggi and Paolo Ciana and Silvia Belcredito and Elisabetta Vegeto p. 291
The Role of Corepressors in Transcriptional Regulation by Nuclear Hormone Receptors Martin L. Privalsky p. 315
Gastrointestinal Physiology
Molecular and Integrative Physiology of Intestinal Peptide Transport Hannelore Daniel p. 361
Oral Rehydration Therapy: New Explanations for an Old Remedy Mrinalini C. Rao p. 385
Recent Advances in Carrier-Mediated Intestinal Absorption of Water-Soluble Vitamins Hamid M. Said p. 419
Neurophysiology
Learning Mechanisms in Addiction: Synaptic Plasticity in the Ventral Tegmental Area as a Result of Exposure to Drugs of Abuse Julie A. Kauer p. 447
Localization of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels in Mammalian Brain James S. Trimmer and Kenneth J. Rhodes p. 477
Myosin-1c, the Hair Cell's Adaptation Motor Peter G. Gillespie and Janet L. Cyr p. 521
Renal and Electrolyte Physiology
Regulation of Renal K Transport by Dietary K Intake WenHui Wang p. 547
The Extracellular Cyclic AMP-Adenosine Pathway in Renal Physiology Edwin K. Jackson and Dubey K. Raghvendra p. 571
Respiratory Physiology
Alterations in SP-B and SP-C Expression in Neonatal Lung Disease Lawrence M. Nogee p. 601
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions in the Developing Lung John M. Shannon and Brian A. Hyatt p. 625
Genetically Engineered Mouse Models for Lung Cancer I. Kwak and S.Y. Tsai and F.J. DeMayo p. 647
Special Topic: Proton and Electron Transporters
Bacteriorhodopsin Janos K. Lanyi p. 665
The Cytochrome bc[subscript 1] Complex: Function in the Context of Structure Antony R. Crofts p. 689
Special Topic: Functional Imaging in Physiology
Interpreting the BOLD Signal Nikos K. Logothetis and Brian A. Wandell p. 735
Live Optical Imaging of Nervous System Development Cristopher M. Niell and Stephen J Smith p. 771
Special Chapter: Muscle Physiology
Control of the Size of the Human Muscle Mass Michael J. Rennie and Henning Wackerhage and Espen E. Spangenburg and Frank W. Booth p. 799
Indexes
Subject Index p. 829
Cumulative Index of Contributing Authors, Volumes 62-66 p. 879
Cumulative Index of Chapter Titles, Volumes 62-66 p. 882