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A complete, yet accessible and up-to-date, introduction to the cellular physiology of nerve, and skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle.
List of contents
Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Structural organization of the nervous system; 2. Resting and action potentials; 3. Background ionic homeostasis of excitable cells; 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. The mechanism of contraction in skeletal muscle; 10. The activation of skeletal muscle; 11. Excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle; 12. Contractile function in skeletal muscle; 13. Cardiac muscle; 14. Ion channel function and cardiac arrhythmogenesis; 15. Smooth muscle; Further reading; References; Index.
About the author
Christopher L.-H. Huang is Professor of Cell Physiology at the University of Cambridge. He made scientific contributions in excitation-contraction coupling, cell electrolyte homeostasis, migraine aura and cardiac arrhythmias, whilst teaching physiology to medical students as Fellow of Murray Edwards College. He has been Editor of the Journal of Physiology, Biological Reviews, Monographs of the Physiological Society and Europace, and Director of Hutchison China Meditech and Hutchison Biofilm Medical Solutions. The first three editions of this book were authored by Professor R. D. Keynes (1919-2010), Professor of Physiology (1973-1987) and Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge (1961-2010) and D. J. Aidley (1947-2000), Senior Lecturer and Fellow (1979-2000) in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of East Anglia, in the United Kingdom.
Summary
Written primarily for undergraduate science and medical students, the new edition of this acclaimed textbook provides a completely updated introduction to the cellular physiology of nerve and muscle. Compact and well-illustrated, it guides readers through fundamental principles to more advanced concepts and new discoveries in the field.
