Nerve and Muscle - Couverture souple

Keynes, R. D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521283620 ISBN 13 : 9780521283625

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1981

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Nerve and Muscle is an introductory textbook for students taking university courses in physiology, cell biology or preclinical medicine. The first edition was highly acclaimed as a readable and concise account of how nerves and muscles work. The book begins with a discussion of the nature of nerve impulses. These electrical events can be understood in terms of the flow of ions through molecular channels in the nerve cell membrane. Then the view changes to consideration of synaptic transmission: cell or muscle fibre with which it makes contact. Again ionic channels are involved, but now they are opened by special chemicals released from the nerve cell terminals. The final chapters discuss the nature of muscular contraction, including especially the relations between cellular structure and contractile function. This new edition includes much new material, especially on the molecular nature and characteristics of single ionic channels, while retaining a straightforward exposition of the fundamentals of the subject.

Revue de presse

'In the third edition of their classic short textbook, Richard Darwin Keynes and the late David John Aidley have provided a highly readable primer that describes the fundamental principles underlying nerve and muscle function ... The authors do an admirable job of integrating this classic work with more recent studies ... the writing is extraordinary - clear, beautifully constructed descriptions of experiments that lead the reader naturally to the major insights derived from the work ... Students approaching this literature for the first time will realize the true 'potential' of this little gem of a text.' Neuronology

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1981
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521283620
• ISBN 13: 9780521283625
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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