Epithelial Secretion of Water and Electrolytes [electronic resource] /

A General Aspects of Secretion -- Epithelial Chloride Channels -- Cation Channels and Secretion -- Gap Junctions in Exocrine Glands -- Ion Channels in the Intracellular Organelles of Secretory Cells -- Changes in Membrane Capacitance in Exocrine Secretion -- The Coupling of Stimuli to the Secretion of Protein in Exocrine Glands -- Ion Transport in Mutant Cell Lines: Possibilities for Analysis -- Use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Study of Exocrine Secretion -- Graded Modelling of Exocrine Secretion Using Network Thermodynamics -- B Secretion in Individual Tissues -- 1 Salivary Glands -- Role of Anion Transport in Secretion of Primary Saliva -- The Role of Transcellular Chloride Transport in Exocrine Secretion -- Bicarbonate Transport by Salivary Gland Acinar Cells -- Electrophysiology of Salivary Acinar Cells: Microelectrode Studies -- Physiology of Salivary Gland Exocytosis -- Non-Adrenergic, Non-Cholinergic Control of Salivary Gland Function -- 2 Lacrimal Glands -- Electrolyte Secretion by the Lacrimal Glands -- 3 Exocrine Pancreas -- Electrolyte Transport in Pancreatic Ducts -- The Role of Ion Channels in the Mechanism of Pancreatic Bicarbonate Secretion -- The Metabolic Basis of Secretion by the Exocrine Pancreas -- 4 Endocrine Pancreas -- Ion Channels in Insulin-Secreting Cells: Their Role in Stimulus-Secretion Coupling -- 5 Gastric Mucosa -- Electrophysiological Aspects of Gastric Ion Transport -- 6 Liver -- Hepatic Electrolyte Transport and Bile Formation -- 7 Epididymis -- Electrolyte and Fluid Transport in the Epididymis -- 8 Salt Glands -- Ultrastructure and X-Ray Microanalysis of Vertebrate Salt Glands -- 9 Cystic Fibrotic Epithelia -- Ion Transport Regulation in Cystic Fibrosis Epithelia.