Endogenous bioelectrical signals in development, regeneration, and neoplasm [electronic resource] / Michael Levin.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2011Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (55 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Biophysical Phenomena | Cell Communication | Cell Physiological Phenomena | Electrophysiological Phenomena | Morphogenesis | Neoplasms | RegenerationOnline resources: Click here to access online Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: Defining bioelectricity -- Sources of bioelectrical signals -- Big questions about bioelectricity -- Membrane voltage and cell plasticity -- History of the field of bioelectricity -- Applying exogenous electric fields in vitro -- Microelectrode impalement -- Detection of extracellular ion flux -- Investigating signals in pattern formation -- Inverse pharmacological screen -- Transmembrane voltage gradient characterization -- Loss- and gain-of-function analyses -- Synthesizing data into a predictive model -- Control of cell behavior by electric fields -- Mammalian stem cell differentiation -- Cell orientation and outgrowth -- Transepithelial potentials, electric fields, cancer -- Mechanisms of electric field sensing by cells -- Bioelectric signals in 3D morphogenesis -- A pathway for tail regeneration -- Transmembrane potential in tail regeneration -- V-ATPase function in tail regeneration -- Using voltage- and pH-sensitive dyes -- Induction of the V-ATPase following injury -- Electrogenic targets in mitosis upregulation -- Axon patterning requires specific ion fluxes -- Gene expression requires specific ion flows -- Ion flux and induction of regeneration -- Voltage gradients control large-scale axial polarity -- Transmembrane potential and cell behavior -- The Goldman equation -- Missexpressing specific ion transporter mRNAs -- Melanocyte behavior & transmembrane potential -- Taking advantage of endogenous ion transport -- Controlling transmembrane potential -- Modulation of transmembrane potential -- Controlling proliferation rates using K channels -- Cell-autonomous mechanisms -- Non-cell-autonomous mechanisms -- Bioelectrical signals and canonical pathways -- Bioelectric gradients and gene expression -- Information carried by bioelectric signals -- Bioelectrical mechanisms, DNA, mRNA & protein -- Control of ion flux as a master regulator -- Applications in cancer, stem cells & regeneration -- Light-gated ion transporters.
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