Understanding ion channel gating has been a goal of researchers since Hodgkin and Huxley's classic publication in 1952, but the gating mechanism has remained elusive. In this book it is shown how electrons can control gating. Introducing the electron as a gating agent requires amplification, but until now there has been no appropriate mechanism for amplification.

• Part I: Theory/ Electron-Gated Ion Channels
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Developing a Model
• Chapter 3: The Setcap Model
• Chapter 4: Amplified Electron Tunneling and The Inverted Region
• Chapter 5: Gating and Distortion Factors
• Chapter 6: Characterization and Validation
• Chapter 7: Flux Gating in Sodium and Potassium Channels
• Chapter 8: Far Sites, Near Sites and Back Sites
• Chapter 9: Electron-Gated K⁺ Channels
• Part II: Experimental/ Microwave Investigation
• Chapter 10: Microwave Thermal Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• Appendix