Every neuron generates action potentials in an exchange of intra- and extracellular ions, spreading along its surfaces.

Without the spread of such electrical excitations, the nervous system didn't function.

It's only in the gap separating neurons that transmitter substances maintain the interneuronal communication. The complex detail asks for longer accounts.

Otherwise, nervous structures harbor just muscle cells within the walls of their blood vessels along which electrical discharges are spread.

Hi Qusay,

Your question is very important and very general. I would recommend starting with an introductory textbook in Neuroscience to learn the basics. Here is a link to a short video that reviews what they call the "top 10 Neuroscience text books":

https://wiki.ezvid.com/best-neuroscience-textbooks

Good luck!

Peter

Hi Peter,

What about starting with the elementary texts of neurophysiology?

Isn't all too much going on in Neuroscience even for experts to otherwise getting down to the brass tacks?

Sorry, Qusay, for having just sought to point to some rudimentary facts.

Best wishes,

Franz

Hi Franz,

Thanks for your thoughts. You are correct- introductory neurophysiology is exactly what Qusay needs. However, this topic is ordinarily covered in the Introductory Neuroscience textbooks as well (some do a better job than others, for sure). For sure neurophysiology is one of the fundamental areas of neuroscience.

Cheers,

Peter

Thank's Peter, for taking into account that I sought to explain things just in principle. Here things haven't changed much since the 1960ies when I was first confronted with them.

As for neuroscience, I admire anyone who feels able to integrate all the data that keep cropping up in the field.

Cheers,

Franz

Hi Franz and Qusay,

It is true that although the sophisticated techniques we use today to study the nervous system have revealed remarkable new detail about the structure and function of individual membrane channels and channelopathies, Hodgkin and Huxley basically had it spot on in the 50's. I suggest that a beginner starts with the basics: the structure and function of the cell membrane, the origin of the resting potential, the Donnan equilibrium, the origin of the action potential, axonal transmission, and synaptic physiology and pharmacology. Most of the modern textbooks in the field cover these topics.

Good luck, Qusay!

Peter

Transmission of stimuli through charges generated from ions