Cell Physiology Source Book, Second Edition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0126569738 ISBN 13: 9780126569735

Publisher: Academic Press, 1998

Synopsis

This authoritative book gathers together a broad range of ideas and topics that define the field. It provides clear, concise, comprehensive coverage of all aspects of cellular physiology from fundamental concepts to more advanced topics.
The Second Edition contains over 50% new material. Most chapters have been thoroughly reworked, and new chapters on important developments have been included. Leading experts in their field, the contributors have revised and updated their own individual chapters. The Editor has fashioned the chapters into a cohesive, unified text. These new additions and chapters should make the Second Edition of the Cell Physiology Source Book the most complete and useful source book available.

Key Features
* Contains new chapters on such topics as sensory transduction, the physiology of protozoa and bacteria, the regulation of cell division, and programmed cell death
* Includes broad coverage of both animal and plant cells
* Appendices review basics of the propagation of action potentials, electricity, and cable properties

About this title

About the Author

Professor Sperelakis currently serves as the Joseph Eichberg Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. A cell physiologist specializing in cellular electrophysiology, he received a B.S. in Chemistry in 1951 and a Ph.D. in Physiology in 1957, both at the University of Illinois, Urbana. Dr. Sperelakis is the author/co-author of nearly 500 scientific articles in journals and books. He has lectured at numerous universities worldwide and at international conferences/symposia. He has also trained many postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, and has been a visiting professor at several foreign universities. Professor Sperelakis has served on a number of journal editorial boards. He is a member of numerous professional societies and has served on the Council for several of them. He has served on the science program advisory committees for various international conferences and has organized several conferences. Dr. Sperelakis was an Established Investigator of the American Heart Association, Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole), and elected Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. His listings include Who's Who in the World, in America, in Science and Engineering, and in American Education.

Review

Praise for the Second Edition
"Originally conceived as a replacement for Hugh Davson's excellent work on cell physiology, this source book now eclipses this as well as its own first edition in terms of scope and authoritative information... Sperelakis' masterful editing has produced a volume of remarkable eveness in style, readability, and academic level. This may well be the authoritative volume in the field of cell physiology and is certainly one of the most current sources of comprehensive information available to the reader."
--CHOICE
"...a core textbook in cell physiology... The need for such a book is well justified and it fulfills its objectives admirably... It is especially strong on the subjects of signal transduction, membrane biology, ion channels, and neuronal and muscle cell physiology... It is a solid textbook in its field..."
--DOODY'S PUBLISHING REVIEWS
Praise for the First Edition
"Cell Physiology Source Book will be useful for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying cell physiology, cell biophysics, electrophysiology, and biological scientists in many fields. The book is particularly suitable for introducing cell physiology to students with training in the physical sciences and for introducing cell biophysics to students with backgrounds in biology."
--BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
"I believe that this book seeks to address an area of need in modern biological research. It is successful in achieving those goals. The book will be useful as a general text in this field particularly for junior graduate students taking general courses in cellular biology."
--DOODY'S JOURNAL
"As presented, this book on physiology is quite different from most other ones and may even seem in some way iconoclastic. Why not? It changed us from the traditional, sempiternal modes of presentation."
--CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0126569738
• ISBN 13: 9780126569735
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1095
• Editor: Sperelakis Nicholas