In article <dmest9+-2304961258570001 at ehdup-c1-3.rmt.net.pitt.edu>, dmest9+ at pitt.edu (Don M. Edwards) says:
>>>I am interested in finding detailed information on how electrical impulses
>are transferred down the axis of neurons. I know the basics on it, and I
>understand how the polarity reversal across the membrane works, but I want
>more detailed information.
>>Can anyone point me towards a source for such a thing?
Try a standard neuro textbook, e.g.
TITLE Principles of neural science / edited by Eric R. Kandel, James H.
Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell.
EDITION 3rd ed.
IMPRINT New York : Elsevier, c1991.
COLLATION xliv, 1135 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
NOTE Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUBJECT Neurology.
Neurons.
ALT AUTHOR Kandel, Eric R.
Schwartz, James H.
Jessell, Thomas M.
or
AUTHOR Nicholls, John G.
TITLE From neuron to brain : a cellular and molecular approach to the
function of the nervous system / John G. Nicholls, A. Robert
Martin, Bruce G. Wallace.
EDITION 3rd ed.
IMPRINT Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c1992.
COLLATION xx, 807 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
NOTE Rev. ed. of: From neuron to brain / Stephen W. Kuffler, John G.
Nicholls, A. Robert Martin. 2nd ed. c1984.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUBJECT Neurophysiology.
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