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.