Biological Membranes - Theory of Transport, Potentials and Electric Impulses

Informationen zum Autor Ove Sten-Knudsen is Professor Emeritus in Biophysics at Copenhagen University, Denmark, and a leading authority on muscle and membrane biophysics. He has previously carried out research in the Departments of Biophysics at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore and University College London. Ove Sten-Knudsen is a Fellow of the Royal Danish Science Society and the Physiological Society of London. Zusammenfassung This text provides a comprehensive discussion of biological mass transfer and bioelectrical phenomena. It is suitable for students in physiology! biophysics and biomedicine. Emphasis is given to the applicability of physics! physical chemistry and mathematics to the analysis of biological processes. The necessary mathematical grounding is provided. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Preface; 1. Mathematical prelude; 2. Migration and diffusion; 3. Membrane potentials; 4. The nerve impulse; 5. Impulse transmission across cell boundaries; Appendices; List of symbols; References; Index.

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• Authors: Ove Sten-Knudsen, Ove (University of Copenhagen) Sten-Knudsen, Sten-Knudsen Ove
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2007
• EAN: 9780521036351
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03635-1
• No. of pages: 696
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Cytology, MEDICAL / Biochemistry