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Nerve and Muscle

Membranes, Cells, and Systems

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Membrane Organization

    • Richard B. Stein
    Pages 1-12
  3. Membrane Thermodynamics

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    Pages 13-21
  4. Carrier Transport

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    Pages 23-32
  5. Membrane Permeability and Voltage

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    Pages 33-44
  6. Ionic Currents in Nerve and Muscle

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    Pages 45-64
  7. Cable Theory and Extracellular Recording

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    Pages 65-86
  8. Synaptic and Neuromuscular Transmission

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    Pages 87-115
  9. Muscular Contraction

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    Pages 117-146
  10. Sensory Receptors

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    Pages 147-185
  11. Control of Movement

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    Pages 187-206
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 207-265

About this book

There has been a convergence in recent years of people from the physical and biological sciences and from various engineering disciplines who are interested in analyzing the electrical activity of nerve and muscle quantita­ tively. Various courses have been established at the graduate level or final-year undergraduate level in many universities to teach this subject matter, yet no satisfactory short text has existed. The present book is an attempt to fill this gap, and arises from my experience in teaching this material over the past fifteen years to students on both sides of the Atlantic. Although covering a wide range of biophysi­ cal topics from the level of single molecules to that of complex systems, I have attempted to keep the text relatively short by considering only examples of the most general interest. Problems are included whenever possible at the end of each chapter so the reader may test his understand­ ing of the material presented and consider other examples which have not been included in the text.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Richard B. Stein

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nerve and Muscle

  • Book Subtitle: Membranes, Cells, and Systems

  • Authors: Richard B. Stein

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3797-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-3799-7Published: 19 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-3797-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 266

  • Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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