Structure and Function in Excitable Cells

Donald Cheng

ISBN 10: 1461593395 / ISBN 13: 9781461593393

Published by Springer, Chapman And Hall/CRC Feb 2012, 2012

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book is a collection of up-to-date research reviews dealing with various aspects of the structure and function of excitable cells. Its overall objective is to further the search for a better understanding of the mechanism of excitation on a structural and physicochemical basis. The chapters are written by active investigators from a variety of disciplines, repre senting many different points of view. Their complementary fields of expertise give this book the rare feature of extraordinary breadth. Excitability is a fundamental property of many biological systems. The mechanisms by which nerve impulses are initiated and propagated, and by which rhythmical activities are produced in nerve, muscle, and cardiac cells, can be fully elucidated only when the process of excitation is derived from fundamental principles applied to known structural forms, at both the macroscopic and the molecular level. The problems of excitation are complex, requiring knowledge of many aspects of cells, including their morphology, elec trobiology, chemical physics, and biochemistry.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 516 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Structure and Function in Excitable Cells
• Publisher: Springer, Chapman And Hall/CRC Feb 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461593395
• ISBN 13: 9781461593393
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 170H x 28D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 881 grams

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This book is a collection of up-to-date research reviews dealing with various aspects of the structure and function of excitable cells. Its overall objective is to further the search for a better understanding of the mechanism of excitation on a structural and physicochemical basis. The chapters are written by active investigators from a variety of disciplines, repre­ senting many different points of view. Their complementary fields of expertise give this book the rare feature of extraordinary breadth. Excitability is a fundamental property of many biological systems. The mechanisms by which nerve impulses are initiated and propagated, and by which rhythmical activities are produced in nerve, muscle, and cardiac cells, can be fully elucidated only when the process of excitation is derived from fundamental principles applied to known structural forms, at both the macroscopic and the molecular level. The problems of excitation are complex, requiring knowledge of many aspects of cells, including their morphology, elec­ trobiology, chemical physics, and biochemistry.