Nerve and Muscle (Cambridge Texts in Physiological Sciences, Series Number 2) - Hardcover

Keynes, R. D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521239451 ISBN 13: 9780521239455

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1981

Synopsis

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.

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Review

'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

Book Description

This is the third edition of a highly readable and concise introductory textbook on the physiology, structure and function of neurons and muscle cells. This edition includes material that reflects the exciting discoveries that continue to be made in nerve and muscle physiology and includes some of the experimental evidence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521239451
• ISBN 13: 9780521239455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176