The Nerve Impulse

Shows several animal experiments conducted by noted scientists which furthered knowledge of the nerve impulse and its transmission. Demonstrates with animals, oscilloscope, and the electron microscope the "all or nothing" firing of the neurons, the properties of acetylcholine in the transmitting of messages, and the relationship of nerve fibers to one another. Describes the work of Luigi Galvani, Emil Dubois-Reymond, Hermann Von Helmholtz, Julius Bernstein, A. L. Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley, S. Ramon y Cajal, and Otto Loewi.

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More in Biology Series Unit 8 - Human Physiology

  1. Muscle : chemistry of contraction.
  2. Muscle : electrical activity of contraction.
  3. The Nerve Impulse
  4. Fundamentals of the Nervous System 1959
  5. The Blood 1961
  6. Respiration in man 1968
  7. The eyes and seeing 1968
  8. The Eyes And Seeing. 1968
  9. Work of the Heart 1968
  10. Ears And Hearing, The 1969
  11. Muscle - Chemistry Of Contraction 1969
  12. Muscle - Dynamics Of Contraction 1969
  13. Muscle: Dynamics of Contraction 1969
  14. Muscle: Electrical Activity Of Contraction. 1969
  15. Regulating Body Temperature (Second Edition) 1972
  16. The Work Of The Kidneys 1972
  17. Work of the Kidneys (Second Edition) 1972
  18. Work Of The Kidneys, The 1972
  19. Heredity (Second Edition) 1980
  20. The Human Brain (Second edition) 1983

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  2. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright
  3. 16mm Filmography editors — sound