This thorough and clearly written textbook will be valuable for students of physiology, neuroscience, cell biology and biophysics. "...surely the best currently available text on excitable cells..." ...

How does the heart beat out its regular rhythm for decades? How do our eyes process the light and color before them? Ion channels control or regulate diverse physiological activities in our body.

Certain cells, commonly called excitable cells, are unique because of their ability to generate electrical signals. Although several types of excitable cells exist — including neurons ...

What every neuroscientist should know about the mathematical modeling of excitable cells. Combining empirical physiology and nonlinear dynamics, this text provides an introduction to the simulation ...

Recent research reveals that “nerve glue” plays significant roles in psychiatric conditions such as depression and ...

and more), patch-clamp electrophysiology on excitable and non-excitable cells for identification of ion channels and pharmacology of novel ion channel modulators, and animal models of inflammatory ...

The so-called T-tubule network within the cells, which consists of electrically excitable membrane tubes that are involved in ...