Nerve and muscle / / R.D. Keynes and D.J. Aidley [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450509103321
• Autore: Keynes R. D.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001
• ISBN: 1-107-12281-3; 1-280-16048-9; 9786610160488; 0-511-81187-X; 0-511-06337-7; 1-139-14706-4; 0-511-11938-0; 0-511-05704-0; 0-511-33006-5; 0-511-07183-3
• Edizione: [Third edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 179 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Studies in biology
• Disciplina: 573.7/528
• Soggetti: Myoneural junction; Neuromuscular transmission; Muscle contraction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-174) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Publishers note; 1 Structural organization of the nervous system; 2 Resting and action potentials; 3 The ionic permeability of the nerve membrane; 4 Membrane permeability changes during excitation; 5 Voltage-gated ion channels; 6 Cable theory and saltatory conduction; 7 Neuromuscular transmission; 8 Synaptic transmission in the nervous system; 9 Skeletal muscles; 10 The mechanism of contraction in skeletal muscle; 11 Non-skeletal muscles; Further reading; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.