Research Catalog

Title

Cellular physiology of nerve and muscle / Gary G. Matthews.

Author

Matthews, Gary G., 1949-

Publication

Osney Mead, Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., ©2003.

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Details

Description

viii, 235 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Neurons
• Muscle cells
• Nerves > Cytology
• Muscles > Cytology
• Neurons > physiology
• Membrane Potentials > physiology
• Muscles > physiology
• Muscles > cytology
• Neurons
• Muscle Cells
• Nervenzelle
• Muskelzelle
• Erregungsleitung
• Neurophysiologie
• Zelle
• Physiologie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-229) and index.

Contents

Origin of Electrical Membrane Potential -- Introduction to Electrical Signaling in the Nervous System -- The Patellar Reflex as a Model for Neural Function -- The Cellular Organization of Neurons -- Electrical Signals in Neurons -- Transmission between Neurons -- Composition of Intracellular and Extracellular Fluids -- Intracellular and Extracellular Fluids -- The Structure of the Plasma Membrane -- Maintenance of Cell Volume -- Molarity, Molality, and Diffusion of Water -- Osmotic Balance and Cell Volume -- Answers to the Problem of Osmotic Balance -- Tonicity -- Time-course of Volume Changes -- Membrane Potential: Ionic Equilibrium -- Diffusion Potential -- Equilibrium Potential -- The Nernst Equation -- The Principle of Electrical Neutrality -- The Cell Membrane as an Electrical Capacitor -- Incorporating Osmotic Balance -- Donnan Equilibrium -- A Model Cell that Looks Like a Real Animal Cell -- The Sodium Pump -- Membrane Potential: Ionic Steady State -- Equilibrium Potentials for Sodium, Potassium, and Chloride -- Ion Channels in the Plasma Membrane -- Membrane Potential and Ionic Permeability -- The Goldman Equation -- Ionic Steady State -- The Chloride Pump -- Electrical Current and the Movement of Ions Across Membranes -- Factors Affecting Ion Current Across a Cell Membrane -- Membrane Permeability vs. Membrane Conductance -- Behavior of Single Ion Channels -- Cellular Physiology of Nerve Cells -- Generation of Nerve Action Potential -- The Action Potential -- Ionic Permeability and Membrane Potential.

ISBN

• 1405103302
• 9781405103305

LCCN

2002003951

OCLC

• ocm49322516
• 49322516
• SCSB-1280584

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library