Cellular Physiology Of Nerve Muscle

Cellular Physiology of Nerve and Muscle, Fourth Editionoffers a state of the art introduction to the basic physical,electrical and chemical principles central to the function of nerveand muscle cells. The text begins with an overview of the origin ofelectrical membrane potential, then clearly illustrates thecellular physiology of nerve cells and muscle cells. Throughout,this new edition simplifies difficult concepts with accessiblemodels and straightforward descriptions of experimentalresults. An all-new introduction to electrical signaling in the nervoussystem. Expanded coverage of synaptic transmission and synapticplasticity. A quantitative overview of the electrical properties ofcells. New detailed illustrations.

This book is an undergraduate text on the physiology of nerve and muscle cells. It is intended for use in courses on cell, nerve and muscle physiology, neurobiology and human or general physiology. The primary focus is on volume maintenance, the origin of resting and action potentials, synaptic physiology and excitation-contraction coupling.

Essential textbook for all undergraduate students of neurobiology, physiology, cell biology and preclinical medicine.

Editions previous to this one had R.D. Keynes and David J. Aidley as primary and secondary authors.

An understanding of the physiology and function of nerve and muscle is fundamental to our knowledge of how the human body and the bodies of other animals function. In the third edition of this highly readable and concise introductory textbook, the authors begin with a discussion of the nature of nerve impulses as electrical events. They go on to consider communication between nerve cells via synaptic transmission, and finally discuss the nature of muscular contraction, relating muscle cellular structure to contractile function. This is a subject that continues to generate exciting discoveries and this edition includes new material that reflects this, including some of the experimental evidence. The reader will find up-to-date detail of the molecular structure of ion channels and the molecular basis of muscular contraction. Nerve and Muscle is essential reading for all students taking university courses in neurobiology, physiology, cell biology and preclinical medicine.

Written with undergraduate students in mind, the new edition of this classic textbook provides a compact introduction to the physiology of nerve and muscle. It gives a straightforward account of the fundamentals accompanied by some of the experimental evidence upon which this understanding is based. It first explores the nature of nerve impulses, clarifying their mechanisms in terms of ion flow through molecular channels in cell membranes. There then follows an account of the synaptic transmission processes by which one excitable cell influences activity in another. Finally, the emphasis turns to the consequences of excitable activity in the activation of contraction in skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle, highlighting the relationships between cellular structure and function. This fourth edition includes new material on the molecular nature of ion channels, the activation of skeletal muscle and the function of cardiac and smooth muscle, reflecting exciting new developments in these rapidly growing fields.

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