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Membrane Physiology and Cell Excitation

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  • © 1981

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Authors:
  1. Bruce Hendry

    1. Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
      Merton College, Oxford, UK

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Part of the book series: Croom Helm Biology in Medicine Series (CHBMS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-7
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  2. The Concept of Excitability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Introduction

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 11-13

    3. Membrane Structure and Properties

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 14-25

    4. The Basis of Excitability

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 26-38

  3. The Communication of Information

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. The Nervous Impulse

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 41-56

    3. The Synapse

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 57-70

  4. The Acquisition of Information

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Vision

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 73-86

    3. Mechanoreception

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 87-95

  5. Information into Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Skeletal Muscle Activation

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 99-111

    3. Cardiac Muscle

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 112-125

    4. Smooth Muscle

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 126-135

  6. The Clinical Importance of Excitability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Anaesthesia

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 139-147

    3. Membrane Excitability and Disease

      • Bruce Hendry
      Pages 148-156

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 157-159
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This book is intended for undergraduates studying the biological and medical sciences. The field of excitable cell physiology is one which is found quite baffling by a significant minority of these students. My aim here is to provide a brief introductory account, based on a conceptual approach, rather than on a mathematical or historical description. Once the student has grasped certain basic ideas concerning excitable cell function, the individual examples which follow fit into a well-defined pattern. No attempt has been made to give credit in appropriate measure to the many scientists who have contributed to this field. The further reading cited has been chosen with the reader alone in mind. I would like to thank Tim Cripps for help and advice, also Charlie Tomson and Michael Hart for their careful reading of the manuscript. Finally I am indebted ·to Jenny Kenyon for her excellent typing of the work. Part One THE CONCEPT OF EXCITABILITY INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 The Excitable Tissues living organisms are able to respond to changes in their environment.

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  • Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    Bruce Hendry

  • Merton College, Oxford, UK

    Bruce Hendry

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