Further Reading, Chapter 1

Aidley DJ. The Physiology of Excitable Cells, 4th ed. Cambridge: University Press, 1998; Chapters 1-3.

Aidley DJ, Stanfield PR. Ion Channels: Molecules In Action. Cambridge: University Press, 1996; Chapters 1 and 12.

Byrne JH, Schultz SG.  An Introduction to Membrane Transport and Bioelectricity, 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press, 1994; Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Geddes LA. A short history of the electrical stimulation of excitable tissue. Physiologist 1984; 27(Suppl):S1-S47.

Hartline HK. Intensity and duration in the excitation of single photoreceptor units. J Cell Comp Physiol 1934;5:229.

Hille B. Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes, 2nd ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, 1992; Chapter 13.

Hodgkin AL, Horowicz P. The influence of potassium and chloride ions on the membrane potential of single muscle fibres. J Physiol 1959;148:127.

Johnston D, Wu SM-S.  Foundations of Cellular Neurophysiology. Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1995; Chapters 2 and 3.

Kandel ER, Schwartz JH, Jessell TM. Principles of Neural Science, 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000; Chapters 6 and 7.

Katz B. Nerve Muscle and Synapse. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966; Chapters 3 and 4.

McCormick, DA. Membrane Potential and Action Potential, In: Zigmond MJ, Bloom FE, Landis SC, Roberts JL, Squire LR, eds. Fundamental Neuroscience. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998;129-154.

Nicholls JG, Martin AR, Wallace BG. From Neuron to Brain, 3rd ed. Sunderland, MA; Sinauer Associates, 1992; Chapters 2 and 3.

Schmidt RF, ed. Fundamentals of Neurophysiology, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1978; Chapter 2.

Wu CH. Electric fish and the discovery of animal electricity. Am Sci 1984;72:598-607.