Galvani's spark : the story of the nerve impulse / Alan J. McComas.
Galvani's spark : the story of the nerve impulse / Alan J. McComas.
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New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
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N616.80475/4
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English
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xxiii, 391 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
The spark -- Catching up -- The anatomist's eye -- Cambridge, 1904 : the engineer -- The cathode ray oscilloscope -- The code -- Excitation and inhibition -- The messengers -- The squid giant axon -- The neuromuscular junction -- The giant axon impaled -- The war years -- Sodium unmasked -- The volt...
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2011.
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Galvani's spark : the story of the nerve impulse / Alan J. McComas.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2011.
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N616.80475/4
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74VvRd027yLy
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ISBN
0199751757 (alk. paper)
9780199751754 (alk. paper)
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616.8047547
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991008997279702626
