Table of Contents

A. Kleinzeller, Overton's Concept of a Cell Membrane.
T.J. McIntosh, Structure and the Physical Properties of the Lipid Membrane.
A. Pohorille, M.H. New, K. Schweighofer, and M.A. Wilson, Insights from Computer Simulations into the Interactions of Small Molecules with Lipid Bilayers.
D.W. Deamer and S. Paula, The Permeability Barriers to Ions and Polar Solutes.
A.S. Verkman, Water Permeation Across Membranes. E.K. Hoffmann and J.W. Mills, Membrane Events Involved in Volume Regulation.
D.S. Cafiso, The Interaction of Natural and Model Peptides with Membranes.
M. Saxton, Lipid-Peptide Diffusion in Membranes.
C.M. Armstrong, A Short History of Ion Channels and Signal Propagation.
K. Miller, W. Sandberg, and B. Dubois, The Lipid Membrane and Ligand-Gated Ion Channels in General Anesthetic Action.
S.M. Robbins and M. Hollenberg, Plasma Membrane-Localized Signal Transduction.
R.L. Post, Active Transport and Pumps.

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Key Features
* Provides an historical perspective of Overton's contributions to the theory of narcosis
* Presents an overview of each permeability mechanism, including active transport, endocytosis, exocytosis, and passive diffusion