TY - BOOK AU - Ashcroft,Frances M. AU - Mahon,Ronan TI - The spark of life: electricity in the human body SN - 9780393078039 AV - QP341 .A77 2012 U1 - 612/.01427 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton & Company KW - Electrophysiology KW - Popular works KW - Human physiology KW - fast KW - Electrophysiological Phenomena KW - Popular Works KW - Nonfiction N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-319) and index; The age of wonder -- Molecular pores -- Acting on impulse -- Mind the gap -- Muscling in on the action -- Les poissons trembleurs -- The heart of the matter -- Life and death -- The doors of perception -- All wired up -- Mind matters -- Shocking treatment N2 - 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 ER -