Nerve and Muscle, Fourth Edition - Softcover

Keynes, Richard D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521737427 ISBN 13: 9780521737425

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

Written with the undergraduate student in mind, this book provides a compact introduction to the physiology of nerve and muscle. Updated to reflect recent developments in the field, this fourth edition retains its predecessor's straightforward account of the fundamentals including nerve impulses, synaptic transmission and muscle contraction.

About the Author:

Richard D. Keynes is Emeritus Professor of Physiology at the University of Cambridge.

David J. Aidley was Senior Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Christopher Huang is Professor of Cell Physiology at the University of Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521737427
• ISBN 13: 9780521737425
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 194