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R. D. Keynes (Author), D. J. Aidley (Author)

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 3 edition (15 Mar 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0521805848
ISBN-13: 978-0521805841
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 2 cm

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'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

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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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One of the characteristics of higher animals is their possession of a more or less elaborate system for the rapid transfer of information through the body in the form of electrical signals, or nervous impulses. Read the first page

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A very indepth, handy sized book. 7 Mar 2002

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A very in detailed book, which is a very suitable size. Quite hard to track down what you are looking for in it as the index and contents are not very comprehensive.

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