Cellular Biophysics and Modeling: A Primer on the Computational Biology of Excitable Cells (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521183055)

What every neuroscientist should know about the mathematical modeling of excitable cells. Combining empirical physiology and nonlinear dynamics, this text provides an introduction to the simulation and modeling of dynamic phenomena in cell biology and neuroscience. It introduces mathematical modeling techniques alongside cellular electrophysiology. Topics include membrane transport and diffusion, the biophysics of excitable membranes, the gating of voltage and ligand-gated ion channels, intracellular calcium signalling, and electrical bursting in neurons and other excitable cell types. It introduces mathematical modeling techniques such as ordinary differential equations, phase plane, and bifurcation analysis of single-compartment neuron models. With analytical and computational problem sets, this book is suitable for life sciences majors, in biology to neuroscience, with one year of calculus, as well as graduate students looking for a primer on membrane excitability and calcium signalling.

Author: Greg Conradi Smith
ISBN-10: 0521183057
ISBN-13: 9780521183055
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/18/2019
Pages: 394
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.75h x 6.75w x 0.75d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2019