Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Publishers note
- 1 Structural organization of the nervous system
- 2 Resting and action potentials
- 3 The ionic permeability of the nerve membrane
- 4 Membrane permeability changes during excitation
- 5 Voltage-gated ion channels
- 6 Cable theory and saltatory conduction
- 7 Neuromuscular transmission
- 8 Synaptic transmission in the nervous system
- 9 Skeletal muscles
- 10 The mechanism of contraction in skeletal muscle
- 11 Non-skeletal muscles
- Further reading
- References
- Index
6 - Cable theory and saltatory conduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Publishers note
- 1 Structural organization of the nervous system
- 2 Resting and action potentials
- 3 The ionic permeability of the nerve membrane
- 4 Membrane permeability changes during excitation
- 5 Voltage-gated ion channels
- 6 Cable theory and saltatory conduction
- 7 Neuromuscular transmission
- 8 Synaptic transmission in the nervous system
- 9 Skeletal muscles
- 10 The mechanism of contraction in skeletal muscle
- 11 Non-skeletal muscles
- Further reading
- References
- Index
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- Nerve and Muscle , pp. 73 - 85Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001