Hands-on nerve and muscle experiments for the nervous system
Discover a practical laboratory guide that teaches electro-physiology through real demonstrations and exercises. This edition focuses on the nervous system and how nerves and muscles respond to electric stimulation, with clear setups you can reproduce in a teaching lab.
This book guides you from basic equipment setup to running and interpreting experiments. You’ll learn to work with galvanometers, induction coils, keys, and commutators, and you’ll see how these tools reveal the behavior of nerves, muscles, reflexes, and fatigue. The exercises come with step-by-step procedures, photographically illustrated figures, and notes that connect the hands-on work to core concepts.
- How to prepare nerve-muscle and nerve-only preparations and test responses to different stimuli
- How to use induction shocks, galvanoscopes, and commutators to study conduction and reflexes
- Methods to observe fatigue, recovery, and the effects of temperature on excitability
- Experiments that illustrate concepts like the motor end-plate, reflex actions, and distribution of nerve fibers
Ideal for students and instructors in physiology labs, this edition supports clear, reproducible demonstrations of nervous system function and bioelectric signals.