Preface ....................................................... vii
CALCIUM SIGNAL GENERATION/MODULATION AND HOMEOSTASIS
Calcium Entry
Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels .................................. 1
William A. Catterall
The Role of Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channels in
Ca2+ Signaling ................................................. 25
Maarten Gees, Barbara Colsoul, and Bernd Nilius
Store-Operated Calcium Channels: New Perspectives on
Mechanism and Function ......................................... 57
Richard S. Lewis
mGluR1/TRPC3-Mediated Synaptic Transmission and Calcium
Signaling in Mammalian Central Neurons ......................... 81
Jana Hartmann, Horst A. Henning, and Arthur Konnerth
Calcium Release
Ryanodine Receptors: Structure, Expression, Molecular
Details, and Function in Calcium Release ....................... 97
Johanna T. banner, Dimitra K. Georgien, Aditya D. Joshi,
and Susan L. Hamilton
IP3 Receptors: Toward Understanding Their Activation .......... 119
Colin W. Taylor and Stephen C. Tovey
NAADP Receptors ............................................... 141
Antony Gallone
Calcium Oscillations .......................................... 159
Genevieve Dupont, Laurent Combettes, Gary S. Bird, and
James W. Putney
Calcium Buffers and Pumps
Cytosolic Ca2+ Buffers ........................................ 177
Beat Schwaller
Organellar Calcium Buffers .................................... 197
Daniel Prins and Marek Michalak
The Plasma Membrane Ca2+ ATPase and the Plasma Membrane
Sodium Calcium Exchanger Cooperate in the Regulation of Cell
Calcium ....................................................... 213
Marisa Brini and Ernesto Carafoli
The Ca2+ Pumps of the Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi
Apparatus ..................................................... 229
Ilse Vandecaetsbeek, Peter Vangheluwe, Luc Raeymaekers,
Frank Wuytack, and Jo Vanoevelen
FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF CALCIUM SIGNALING
Proteins Mediating Effects of Calcium
The Diversity of Calcium Sensor Proteins in the Regulation
of Neuronal Function .......................................... 253
Hannah V. McCue, Lee P. Haynes, and Robert D. Burgoyne
Regulation by Ca2+-Signaling Pathways of Adenylyl Cyclases .... 273
Michelle L. Halls and Dermot M.F. Cooper
Protein Kinase C: The "Masters" of Calcium and Lipid .......... 295
Peter Lipp and Gregor Reither
Physiological Processes Regulated by Calcium
Ca2+ Signaling During Mammalian Fertilization: Requirements,
Players, and Adaptations ...................................... 313
Takuya Wakai, Veerle Vanderheyden, and Rafael A. Fissore
Calcium Signaling in Neuronal Development ..................... 337
Sheila S. Rosenberg and Nicholas C. Spitzer
Visualization of Ca2+ Signaling During Embryonic Skeletal
Muscle Formation in Vertebrates ............................... 351
Sarah E. Webb and Andrew L. Miller
Calcium Signaling in Synapse-to-Nucleus Communication ......... 371
Anna M. Hagenston and Hilmar Bading
Calcium Signaling in Cardiac Myocytes ......................... 403
Claire J. Fearnley, H. Llewelyn Roderick, and Martin D.
Bootman
Calcium Signaling in Smooth Muscle ............................ 423
David C. Hill-Eubanks, Matthias E. Werner, Thomas J.,
Heppner, and Mark T. Nelson
Calcium in Cell Death and Disease
Apoptosis and Autophagy: Decoding Calcium Signals that
Mediate Life or Death ......................................... 443
Michael W. Harr and Clark W. Distelhorst
Endoplasmic-Reticulum Calcium Depletion and Disease ........... 461
Djalila Mekahli, Geert Bultynck, Jan B. Parys, Humbert De
Smedt, and Ludwig Missiaen
Index ......................................................... 491
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