Introduction to cellular biophysics.

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"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. From membrane biophysics to cell physiology -- 1.2. Review of cell structure and function2. Cell homeostasis -- 2.1. What is cell homeostasis? -- 2.2. Regulatory volume responses -- 2.3. Models of a primary response -- 2.4. Models of volume regulation3. Homeostasis and transport in epithelial cells -- 3.1. What is the epithelium? -- 3.2. Transport in epithelial layers -- 3.3. Models of epithelial transport4. Electrical properties of neurons -- 4.1. Biology of a neuron -- 4.2. Early neurophysiology -- 4.3. Resting potential revisited -- 4.4. Electrical equivalent circuit for a cell -- 4.5. The cable model5. Neuron excitability -- 5.1. Action potentials -- 5.2. Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) model -- 5.3. Simplified models -- 5.4. Propagation speed : saltatory conduction in neurons6. Synaptic transmission -- 6.1. What is a synapse? -- 6.2. Chemical synapses -- 6.3. Electrical synapses.The aim of this book is to look into the basic physical phenomena occurring in cells. These physical transport processes facilitate chemical reactions in the cell and various electrical effects, and that in turn leads to biological functions necessary for the cell to satisfy its role in the mother organism. This volume provides a closer look at how complex biological and physiological cell phenomena result from these very basic physical processes.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Dr Armin Kargol studied physics and mathematics at the University of Wroc±aw, Poland, and at Virginia Tech, where he earned a PhD in Physics. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA) in Minneapolis, MN, and at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. Since 2003 he has worked at Loyola University New Orleans where he is currently a Professor of Physics and the Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., Distinguished Professor in Experimental Physics.Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 6, 2020).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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9781643277561

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Biophysics.
SCIENCE / Physics / General.
Physics.
Membranes (Biology)
Cell physiology.
Biological transport.

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