Galvani's Spark: The Story of the Nerve Impulse

Galvani's Spark: The Story of the Nerve Impulse

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-416

  McComas, Alan ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ion channel disorders; Ion channels; Luigi galvani; Nerve impulse; Squid axon; Synaptic transmission; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874818029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199751754.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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