The Nervous System and Neurophysiology

How the Body Senses, Decides, and Moves

The Nervous System and Neurophysiology is Book A3 of The Performance & Human Physiology Encyclopedia — a 93-volume, university-level library on how the human body actually works, system by system. It is written for students, coaches, clinicians and serious self-learners: deep enough that a professional already trained in the field keeps learning, structured clearly enough that a motivated reader can follow every step.

What you will find inside

• The Nervous System: Organization and the Logic of Neural Control
• The Neuron and Neuroglia: Cellular Architecture
• The Resting Membrane Potential: Ions, Gradients, and Electrochemistry
• The Action Potential: Generation and Propagation
• The Synapse: Signal Transmission Between Cells
• Neurotransmitters, Receptors, and Neuropharmacology
• Sensory Systems: Receptors, Transduction, and the Somatosensory World
• Motor Systems: From Intention to Movement
• The Motor Unit, the Neuromuscular Junction, and Excitation–Contraction Coupling
• The Central Nervous System: Brain and Spinal Cord
• The Autonomic Nervous System
• Neuroplasticity, Learning, and Neural Adaptation to Training
• The Nervous System in Practice: Performance, Fatigue, Recovery, and Brain Health

How this book is written

• University level, without dilution. Exact scientific terminology, defined at first use — mechanisms, not just conclusions.
• Evidence graded, not asserted. Major claims carry a level, from A (strong) to D (expert opinion), so you always know how much weight to give them.
• Numbers, formulas, worked examples. Reference ranges, equations and solved calculations you can apply the same day.
• Myths confronted directly. Where a popular claim does not survive the evidence, the book says so — and shows why.
• Fully referenced (APA 7). References at the end of every chapter, plus a master bibliography.

13 chapters · approx. 284 pages · Book A3, Collection A — Physiological & Biological Foundations.