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One of the most important things in studying the function of the nervous tissue is the proper understanding of the electromagnetic processes taking part in the neurons. This can be achieved only if the reader is acquainted with the fundamental principles in classical electromagnetic theory. The following paper is intended to be self-contained introduction to classical electrodynamics for neuroscience students who are already familiar with biochemistry and provides detailed explanation what is the difference between the active and the passive electric processes that take part in vivo. For physicists interested in neuronal biophysics it is recomended to jump directly to chapter 2.

Georgiev DD. The nervous principle: active versus passive electric processes in neurons. Electroneurobiologia 2004; 12(2): 169-230. [pdf] [ps.zip] [latex.zip]