Cover of Cellular physiology of nerve and muscle

Book 1991

Cellular physiology of nerve and muscle

2 readers

Publisher
Blackwell Scientific Publications
Language
English
Published
1991
  • Action Potentials
  • Cell Membrane
  • Cell physiology
  • Cytology
  • Electrophysiology
  • Membrane Potentials
  • Muscle cells
  • Muscles

To set the stage for discussing the generation and transmission of signals in the nervous system, it will be useful to describe the characteristics of those signals using a simple example: the patellar reflex, also known as the knee-jerk reflex.