Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells

Overview

Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells

Long-Distance Transmission of Electrical Signals

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS Anesthesia and Neuronal Electrical Signaling

How Ion Movements Produce Electrical Signals

Forces That Create Membrane Potentials

Electrochemical Equilibrium in an Environment with More Than One Permeant Ion

The Ionic Basis of the Resting Membrane Potential

BOX 2A The Remarkable Giant Nerve Cells of Squid

The Ionic Basis of Action Potentials

BOX 2B Action Potential Form and Nomenclature