edited by Mordecai P. Blaustein, Joseph P.Y. Kao, Donald R. Matteson
2nd ed
Philadelphia, PA :
Elsevier/Mosby,
c2012
xx, 337 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Mosby physiology monograph series
Rev. ed. of: Cellular physiology / Mordecai P. Blaustein, Joseph P.Y. Kao, Donald R. Matteson. c2004
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : homeostasis and cellular physiology -- Diffusion and permeability -- Osmotic pressure and water movement -- Electrical consequences of ionic gradients -- Ion channels -- Passive electrical properties of membranes -- Generation and propagation of the action potential -- Ion channel diversity -- Electrochemical potential energy and transport processes -- Passive solute transport -- Active transport -- Synaptic physiology I -- Synaptic physiology II -- Molecular motors and the mechanism of muscle contraction -- Excitation-contraction coupling in muscle -- Mechanics of muscle contraction