Nerve and Muscle

by Richard Keynes, David J. Aidley

An understanding of the physiology and function of nerve and muscle is fundamental to our knowledge of how the human body and the bodies of other animals function. In the third edition of this highly readable and concise introductory textbook, the authors begin with a discussion of the nature of nerve impulses as electrical events. They go on to consider communication between nerve cells via synaptic transmission, and finally discuss the nature of muscular contraction, relating muscle cellular structure to contractile function. This is a subject that continues to generate exciting discoveries and this edition includes new material that reflects this, including some of the experimental evidence. The reader will find up-to-date detail of the molecular structure of ion channels and the molecular basis of muscular contraction. Nerve and Muscle is essential reading for all students taking university courses in neurobiology, physiology, cell biology, and preclinical medicine.

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Rev. Richard Keynes, 1777 or 1778-1853

Richard Keynes was born at Salisbury, attended Hoxton College in London, was a minister at Tisbury and Poole; he "died, after a long and severe affliction, on September the 22nd, at the age of seventy-five ..." (J.A. James The dying minister’s reflections and anticipations). He was headmaster of Blandford Academy in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England during the 1820s.

See also: Richard Darwin Keynes

Reviews

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

This 2nd edition was one of my physiology textbooks from 1st year university in 1983. Very easy to read and understand - fascinating too - read it for pleasure on a Sunday in 2011. Some of it might be out of date? I see there is a currently 4th edition.