Ion measurements in physiology and medicine: Edited by M. Kessler, D. K. Harrison and J. Hoper. 336 pp. 1985. Springer, Berlin. Softcover DM 120

Abstract

Ion Transport in Asymmetric Artificial Membranes Mediated by Neutral Carriers.- Neutral Carriers for Anions.- Effects of Lipophilic Charged Sites on the Electromotive Behavior of Liquid Membrane Electrodes.- Transients in Ion-Sensitive Field Effect Transistors.- The Response Mechanism of Copper Ion-Selective Electrodes in the Presence of Halides and Organic Ligands.- Structure of the Double Layer and Rates of Ion Crossings at Single Immiscible Liquid/Liquid Interfaces: Relation to the Mechanism of Liquid Ion-Selective Electrodes.- Lifetime of Neutral Carrier-Based Membranes in Aqueous Systems and Blood Serum.- Serotonin, Dopamine, and Related Molecules are Transported Selectively by Noncyclic Neutral Li+-Selective Ionophores: Implications for Electrodes and for Neurobiological Studies.- Recent Studies on the Energy Profiles Underlying Permeation and Ion-Selectivity of the Gramicidin and Acetylcholine Receptor Channels.- Surface and Volume Resitivity of Pyrex Glass Used for Liquid Membrane Ion-Sensitive Microelectrodes.- A New pO2-Potential Electrode.- A New Potential Electrode for Glucose Measurements.- Ion-Sensitive Plunge Wire Electrodes for Intramyocardial pH and K+ Determinations.- Computer-Assisted Processing of Ion-Selective Electrode Measurements.- Intracellular pH Measurements In Vivo with a Newly Designed Double-Barrelled Microelectrode and its Application During Skeletal Muscle Ischemia in Rabbits.- Continuous Potentiometric Measurement of Different Ion Concentrations in Whole Blood of the Extracorporeal Circulation.- Monitoring Ca2+, pH, and PCO2 in Circulating Arterial Blood by Means of Ion-Selective Electrodes in a Flow Cell.- Plastic H+-Sensitive Membranes for In Vivo pH Measurements.- The Applicability of Fluorescence Indicators to Measure Hydrogen Ion Activities by Optimizing Accuracy and Minimizing the Influence of Ionic Strength.- Measurements of the Elemental Distribution in Cells and Tissues by X-Ray Microanalysis.- A Method for Determination of Fast Changes in Capillary Permeability.- The Sodium Pump in Necturus Gallbladder Epithelium.- On the Mechanism of Cl? Transport in Surface Epithelial Cells of Frog Stomach as Investigated with Intracellular Chloride Microelectrodes.- The Advantages of Transient Experiments over Steady State Experiments.- Thiocyanate Interference at Chloride-Selective Microelectrodes in Crayfish Stretch Receptor Neurons: Evidence for a Non-passive Thiocyanate Distribution.- Ion Activity Measurements in Extracellular Spaces, Nerve and Glial Cells in the Central Nervous System of the Leech.- Ionic Movements Related to GAB A Action on Neurosecretory Fibers and Endocrine Cells of the Hypophyseal Neurointermediate Lobe.- Changes of Intracellular Free Ion Concentrations, Evoked by Carbachol or GABA, in Rat Sympathetic Neurons.- Brain Extracellular pH Changes During Alterations in Substrate Supply.- Potassium Uptake Mechanisms of Cultured Oligodendrocytes Studied with Ion-Sensitive Electrodes.- Relations Between DC Potentials, Extracellular Ion Activities, and Extracellular Volume Fraction in the Cerebral Cortex with Changes in PCO2.- Developmental Studies on Brain Extracellular Space: Activity-Dependent K+ Accumulation and Shrinkage.- Extracellular K+Accumulation in the Spinal Cord and its Role in Primary Afferent Depolarization and Poststimulation Analgesia.- Laminar Profiles of [K+]O and [Ca2+]O in Region CA1 of the Hippocampus of Kindled Rats.- Hydrogen Ion Variations and Their Interpretation in the Microenvironment of the Vertebrate Brain.- Some Aspects of Non-ionic Permeation of NH3 and CO2 in Mammalian Skeletal Muscle.- Effect of Hypocalcemia on Neuromuscular Function in Cats.- Arterial Blood Ca2+ Levels, Cardiac and Respiratory Function.- Effects of Thallous Ions on the Measurement of Intracellular Ion Activities.- Effect of Coronary Stenosis on Local K+ Activity, Local pO2 and Wall Motion.- Measurement of Inhomogeneous Changes of Extracellular K+ Concentration Within the Ischemic Myocardium.- Antipyrylazo III Measurements of Extracellular Ca Depletion in Heart Muscle.- Temperature Dependence of the Cardiac Na+-K+ Pump as Studied by Na-Sensitive Microelectrodes.- In Vivo Performance of an Intravascular pH Monitoring Catheter.- Continuous Intravascular Monitoring of Plasma Ionized Calcium.- Continuous Measurement of Potassium Concentration in Blood During Hemodialysis with an Ion-Specific Electrode.- Electrolyte Activities in Cl?-Transporting Epithelia: Cortical Thick Ascending Limb of Rabbit Nephron and Rectal Gland Tubules of the Spiny Dogfish, Squalus acanthias.- The Effect of Ouabain on Intracellular Ion Activities, Membrane Resistances, and Sodium-Coupled Transport Processes.- Mechanisms of Renal Tubular Acidification: Intracellular Studies with pH and Bicarbonate Microelectrodes.- Author Index.