Title: The spark of life : electricity in the human body /
Authors: Ashcroft, Frances M.; Mahon, Ronan
Publisher: Norton,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Electrophysiological Phenomena; Electrophysiology Popular works.; Human physiology
Abstract: A spectacular account of the body electric, showing how, from before conception to the last breath we draw, electrical signals in our cells are essential to everything we think and do.
Contents: The age of wonder -- Molecular pores -- Acting on impulse -- Mind the gap -- Muscling in on the action -- Les poissons trembleur -- The heart of the matter -- Life and death -- The doors of perception -- All wired up -- Mind matters -- Shocking treatment.