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Animal Electricity: How We Learned That the Body and Brain Are Electric Machines
Robert B. Campenot
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Hardback. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Like all cellular organisms, humans run on electricity. Slight imbalances of electric charge across cell membranes result in sensation, movement, awareness, and thinking-nearly everything we associate with being alive. Robert Campenot offers a comprehensive overview of animal electricity, examining its physiological mechanisms as well as the experimental discoveries that form the basis for our modern understanding of nervous systems across the animal kingdom. Cells work much like batteries. Concentration gradients of sodium and potassium cause these ions to flow in and out of cells by way of protein channels, creating tiny voltages across the cell membrane. The ... Read more
Like all cellular organisms, humans run on electricity. Slight imbalances of electric charge across cell membranes result in sensation, movement, awareness, and thinking-nearly everything we associate with being alive. Robert Campenot offers a comprehensive overview of animal electricity, examining its physiological mechanisms as well as the experimental discoveries that form the basis for our modern understanding of nervous systems across the animal kingdom. Cells work much like batteries. Concentration gradients of sodium and potassium cause these ions to flow in and out of cells by way of protein channels, creating tiny voltages across the cell membrane. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
659g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674736818
SKU
V9780674736818
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About Robert B. Campenot
Robert B. Campenot is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Alberta.
Reviews for Animal Electricity: How We Learned That the Body and Brain Are Electric Machines
Dr. Campenot's writing is clear and effective and conveys the excitement of scientific discovery and the fascinating complexity of the living organism.
Jonathan Dostrovsky, Department of Physiology and Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto A beautifully written, authoritative, and thoroughly engaging account of the electrical properties of nerve cells and what they accomplish. All of us
but especially students
will be reminded of ... Read more
Jonathan Dostrovsky, Department of Physiology and Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto A beautifully written, authoritative, and thoroughly engaging account of the electrical properties of nerve cells and what they accomplish. All of us
but especially students
will be reminded of ... Read more