Modeling Electrochemical Dynamics and Signaling Mechanisms in Excitable Cells with Pathological Case Studies

ISBN-13: 9780323988032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 246 str.

Tetsuya Watanabe

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Statistical Dynamics and Diffusion of Small Molecules 3. Function of Membrane and Protein Synthesis in the Cell 4. Redox Reactions and ATP Synthesis in the Cell 5. Resting Electric Potential and Ionic Currents in the Cell 6. Electrochemical Conduction in Neurons and Neuronal Communications 7. Electrochemical Signaling Mechanism in Cardiac Muscle 8. Mechanism of Muscle Contraction and Disorder 9. Gas Exchange and Respiratory Insufficiency 10. Electrochemical Mechanism of Arrhythmias and Antiarrhythmic Drugs

O autorze

Dr. Tetsuya Watanabe is the President of Watanabe Institute of Mathematical Biology and Watanabe Clinic of Oral Surgery in Hamamatsu, Japan. He graduated from Kanagawa Dental College and holds a DDS degree in dental medicine. He received Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments and successively Faculty Appointments of Associate and Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, USA.
Dr. Watanabe is the recent author of Biophysical Basis of Physiology and Calcium Signaling Mechanism in Cardiac and Smooth Muscle, published by Elsevier/Academic Press in 2018.