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

Tetsuya Watanabe is President of the Watanabe Institute of Mathematical Pathophysiology in Hamamatsu, Japan. His professional background includes postgraduate training, fellowship appointments, and faculty appointments in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. His work focuses on mathematical pathophysiology, physiology, electrochemical signaling, excitable cells, and stress- and lifestyle-associated diseases. He is the author of books published by Academic Press/Elsevier, including works on calcium signaling in cardiac and smooth muscle, electrochemical dynamics in excitable cells, and clinical pathophysiology of hypertension and diabetes.

• 1. Introduction2. Statistical Dynamics and Diffusion of Small Molecules3. Function of Membrane and Protein Synthesis in the Cell4. Redox Reactions and ATP Synthesis in the Cell5. Resting Electric Potential and Ionic Currents in the Cell6. Electrochemical Conduction in Neurons and Neuronal Communications7. Electrochemical Signaling Mechanism in Cardiac Muscle8. Mechanism of Muscle Contraction and Disorder9. Gas Exchange and Respiratory Insufficiency 10. Electrochemical Mechanism of Arrhythmias and Antiarrhythmic Drugs